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Leonore Overture No. 3
The work bears the designation Opus 72b
General Info
Year: 1806 / 197-?
Duration: c. 15:50
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Symphony
Publisher: Hindsley Transcriptions
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $132.00; | Score Only (print) - $29.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute A I-II
Flute B
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Fidelio, originally titled Leonore, oder Der Triumph der ehelichen Liebe (Leonore, or The Triumph of Marital Love), Op. 72, is Ludwig van Beethoven's only opera, the work premiering at Vienna's Theater an der Wien on 20 November 1805. After further work on the libretto by Georg Friedrich Treitschke, a final version was performed at the Kärntnertortheater on 23 May 1814. By convention, both of the first two versions are referred to as Leonore. The libretto, with some spoken dialogue, tells how Leonore, disguised as a prison guard named "Fidelio", rescues her husband Florestan from death in a political prison.
Beethoven struggled to produce an appropriate overture for Fidelio, and ultimately went through four versions. His first attempt, for the 1805 premiere, is believed to have been the overture now known as Leonore No. 2. Beethoven then focused this version for the performances of 1806, creating Leonore No. 3. The latter is considered by many listeners as the greatest of the four overtures, but as an intensely dramatic, full-scale symphonic movement it had the effect of overwhelming the (rather light) initial scenes of the opera. Beethoven accordingly experimented with cutting it back somewhat, for a planned 1808 performance in Prague; this is believed to be the version now called Leonore No. 1. Finally, for the 1814 revival Beethoven began anew, and with fresh musical material wrote what we now know as the Fidelio overture. As this somewhat lighter overture seems to work best of the four as a start to the opera, Beethoven's final intentions are generally respected in contemporary productions. While some believe that Gustav Mahler introduced the practice of performing Leonore No. 3 between the two scenes of the second act, something which was common until the middle of the twentieth century, David Cairns states that it goes back to the middle of the 19th century and was therefore prior to Mahler. In this location, it acts as a kind of musical reprise of the rescue scene that has just taken place. A new, modern-styled production that premiered in Budapest in October 2008, for example, features the Leonore No. 3 overture in this location.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
State Ratings
- Florida: VI
- Georgia: VI
- Tennessee: VI
Performances
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Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Allegretto (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Longfield) (1812/2011)
- Europa (Flex instrumentation) (with Charpentier; arr. Haan) (2009)
- The Great Beethoven Bonanza (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Jones) (2015)
- March of the Guards (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Glover) (1805/2019)
- Ode to Joy (Flex instrumentation (arr. Brand) (1824/2000(?))
- Ode to Joy (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Fisher) (1824/2018)
- Ode to Joy (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1824/2020)
- Symphony No. 5 in C Minor (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1804-1808/2014)
- Symphony No. 6, "Pastoral" Selections (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Kanayama) (1808/2014)
- Variations on a Motive of Beethoven (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Ring) (1826/2020)
All Wind Works
- Adagio Cantabile (arr. Daehn) (1798/2009)
- Adagio Pathétique (arr. Hautvast) (1798/2011)
- Allegretto (arr. Court) (1812/1997)
- Allegretto (ar. Longfield) (1812/2011)
- Allegretto (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Longfield) (1812/2011)
- The Allegretto from Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 (arr. Evans) (1812/2013)
- Allegro con Brio (tr. Kreines) (1804-1808/)
- Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, 2nd Movement (arr. Harnsberger) (1804-1808/)
- Coriolan Overture (tr. Hanna) (1807/2014)
- Drei zapfenstreiche (adopt. Schaefer) (1808-1810/1984)
- Écossaise for Military Band (arr. Stalter) (1810/2015)
- Egmont Overture (arr. Grevenbroek) (1810/2012)
- Egmont Overture (tr. Hindsley) (1810/197-?)
- Egmont Overture (tr. McLain) (1810/2015)
- Egmont Overture (arr. Tobani) (1810/1900)
- Egmont Overture (arr. Winterbottom) (1810/1924)
- Eroica (arr. Ripley) (1804/1900)
- Europa (Flex instrumentation) (with Charpentier; arr. Haan) (2009)
- The European Anthem (arr. Karajan) (1824/1972)
- Finale to "Symphony No. 5" (arr. Isaac) (1804-1808/1965)
- Finale to "Symphony No. 5" (adapt. Longfield) (1804-1808/2020)
- First and Second Movements from Symphony No. 5 in C minor (arr. Godfrey) (1804-1808/1921)
- Five Short Pieces for Wind Ensemble (arr. Reynolds) (1975)
- For Elise (arr. Long) (1810/1992)
- Für Elise (arr. Hautvast) (1810/2020)
- Für Elise (arr. Korson) (1810/1867/20--?)
- Grand Serenade (arr. Crusell; ed. Rogers) (1800/2004)
- The Great Beethoven Bonanza (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Jones) (2015)
- Grosse Fuge (arr. Roxburgh) (1825/1995)
- The Heavens Resound (arr. Kinyon) (1803/1990)
- Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee (arr. Kirkland) (1824/1982)
- Leonore Overture No. 3 (tr. Hindsley) (1806/197-?)
- Marcia alla Turca (arr. Rondeau) (1809/2011)
- March in B-flat. See: Marsch
- March in F (arr. Dunnigan) (1809/1995)
- March of the Guards (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Glover) (1805/2019)
- Marsch (c. 1798/1865)
- Military March (Beethoven) (adapt. Greissle) (1816/1827/1945)
- Military March in D (ed. Bourgeois) (1816/2003)
- Moonlight Sonata (arr. Poor) (1801/2010)
- Octet (1792/1834)
- Octet (arr. Byrd) (1792/1834/2021)
- Ode to Joy (arr. Barrett) (1824/1965/1995)
- Ode to Joy (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Brand) (1824/2000(?))
- Ode to Joy (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Fisher) (1824/2018)
- Ode to Joy (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1824/2020)
- Overture to "Fidelio" (arr. Sedlak) (1814/1814)
- Piano Concerto No. 1 (arr. Odom) (1795/2019)
- Presto from "Symphony No. 7" (tr. Thompson) (1811/2018)
- Prometheus Overture (arr. Barnes) (1801/1963)
- Prometheus Overture (arr. Slocum) (1801/1987)
- Quintet in E-flat Major, Op 16 (1796)
- Reflections in Moonlight (arr. Smith) (1801/2007)
- Rocking 4 Elise (arr. Berger) (1810/2014)
- Rondino (1793/195-?)
- Scherzo and Finale from the Fifth Symphony (arr. Godfrey) (1804-1808/1920)
- Scherzo from "Symphony No. 9" (arr. Bocook) (1824/2004)
- Septet in E-flat Major, op. 20 (arr. Crusell)
- Sextet (1796)
- Sextet (1796/2020)
- Siegessinfonie (ed. Whitwell) (1813/2013)
- Six Country Dances (tr. McAlister) (1988)
- Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21: Mvt. 1 (arr. Yu) (1800/2014?)
- Symphony No. 1 Op. 21 (tr. Schmitt; ed. Marlow) (1800/1817/2007)
- Symphony No. 3 (tr. Moehlmann; ed. Rogers) (1804/2020)
- Symphony No. 5: Second Movement (arr. Harnsberger). See: Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, 2nd Movement
- Symphony No. 5 in C minor (arr. Godfrey)
- First and Second Movements (arr. Godfrey). See: First and Second Movements from Symphony No. 5 in C minor
- Third and Fourth Movements (arr. Godfrey). See: Scherzo and Finale from the Fifth Symphony
- Symphony No. 5 in C Minor (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1804-1808/2014)
- Symphony No. 6, "Pastoral" Selections (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Kanayama) (1808/2014)
- Symphony No. 7 (arr. Sedlak) (1812/1989?)
- Symphony No. 9 (tr. Vives) (1822-1824/2013)
- Three Equale (1812)
- Turkish March (arr. Curnow) (1809/2001)
- Variations on a Motive of Beethoven (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Ring) (1826/2020)
- The Yorck Marche. See: March in F
Resources
- Beethoven, L.; Hindsley, M. [197-?]. Leonore No. 3: Overture [score]. Hindsley Transcriptions: [Urbana, Ill.].
- Fidelio, Wikipedia Accessed 10 April 2020
- Lucarelli, Jean-Francois. "The Overtures of Leonore and Fidelio." Beethoven's Works. Web. Accessed 10 April 2020