Rondino

Ludwig van Beethoven

This work is in E-flat major and bears the catalog number WoO 25.

General Info

Year: 1793 / [195-?]
Duration: c. 7:55
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Ernst Eulenburg & Co. GmbH
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - €9.50

Instrumentation

Full Score
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
Horn in F I-II

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

This modest piece shares with Beethoven’s more substantial wind octet the year of composition, key, and scoring (pairs of oboes, clarinets, horns, and bassoons), and in fact was probably composed originally as an alternate finale for that work. It’s one of many pieces Beethoven composed as “table music” for the court of Maximilian Franz, Elector of Cologne, in whose service he had been since 1784.

In contrast to the energetic octet, this is a mellower work, an andante that begins with a spacious, horn-flavored melody serving as a refrain; it makes two varied and embellished returns, the first with tender filigrees from the non-melody instruments, and the second with lightly witty little flourishes from the oboes and clarinets. In between come two minor-mode episodes, gentle nocturnes; the first features the clarinet in a plaintive little aria, and the second is a substantial duet for the horns. The coda fades into the distance, but not before requiring the horns to play an extended passage alternately unmuted and muted, which must have been a challenge to the players of the time, who had to handstop some notes on their valveless instruments.

- Program Note by James Reel for the Eastman Wind Orchestra concert program, 9 October 2020

Commercial Discography

Audio CD: Il Gardellino - 2016

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Eastern Illinois University (Charleston) Wind Symphony (Alicia Neal, conductor) - 4 May 2021
Appalachian State University (Boone, N.C.) Wind Ensemble (Christopher Tkacik, conductor) - 19 April 2021
Carthage College (Kenosha, Wisc.) Concert Band (James Ripley, conductor) - 14 November 2020
Eastman Wind Orchestra (Rochester, N.Y.) (Mark Davis Scatterday, conductor) - 9 October 2020
Kent State (Ohio) Wind Ensemble Chamber Winds (Jesse Leyva, conductor) – 22 March 2018
Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Mallory Thompson, conductor) – 3 November 2017
University of Missouri, Kansas City, Wind Symphony (Steven D. Davis, conductor) – 1 December 2016
Metea Valley High School (Aurora, Ill.) Octet 18 February 2013

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/)
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) (/2011)
Allegretto (ar. Longfield) (1812/2011)
Allegretto (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Longfield) (1812/2011)
The Allegretto from Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 (arr. Evans) (1812/2013)
Coriolan Overture (tr. Hanna)
Drei zapfenstreiche
Écossaise for Military Band (arr. Stalter) (1810/2015)
Egmont Overture (arr. Grevenbroek) (1810/2012)
Egmont Overture (tr. Hindsley) (1810/197-?)
Egmont Overture (tr. McLain) (1810/12015)
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)
The Heavens Resound
Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee (arr. Kirkland)
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) (1945)
Military March in D (ed. Bourgeois) (1816/2003)
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)
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
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)
Sextet (1796)
Sextet (1796/2020)
Siegessinfonie
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 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/)
Symphony No. 7 (arr. Wedlak) (1812/1989?)
Symphony No. 9 (tr. Vives) (1822-1824/2013)
Three Equale
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

List of Compositions by Ludwig van Beethoven, Wikipedia Accessed 25 November 2016
Rondino in E-flat major, WoO 25 (Beethoven), IMSLP Accessed 25 November 2016