Sextet

Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven

This work bears the designation Opus 71

General Info

Year: 1796 / 1810
Duration: c. 20:00
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Edition Peters
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $38.50;

For availability information, see Discussion tab, above.

Movements

1. Adagio - Allegro (E♭ major) – 9:50
2. Adagio (B♭ major) – 3:40
3. Minuet. Quasi Allegretto - Trio (E♭ major) – 2:40
4. Rondo. Allegro (E♭ major)- 3:40

Instrumentation

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

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

The Sextet in E flat major, Op. 71, scored for pairs of clarinets, horns and bassoons, was written in 1796, a further example of Beethoven’s interest in wind instruments at this time.

The first movement starts with a slow ten-bar introduction, after which the clarinet leads into the first subject of a sonata-allegro movement. The second movement is a B flat major Adagio, led initially by the first bassoon, and the Minuet, marked Quasi allegretto, is started by the horns, with a Trio in which the second clarinet enters in imitation of its fellow. The work ends with a lively Rondo, with duly contrasting episodes.

- Program Note from liner notes of Naxos CD Beethoven: Music for Winds

Commercial Discography

• Audio CD: Passionata Wind Ensemble - 2017

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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• Ensemble Coeur de Roseau (Tokyo) – 4 May 2018

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. Stanton) (1824/2020)
• Ode to Joy (Flex instrumentation (arr. Brand) (1824/2000(?))
• Symphony No. 5 in C Minor (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1804-1808/2014)
• Symphony No. 6, "Pastoral" Selections (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Kanayama) (1808/)

All Wind Works

• 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. Winterbottom) (1810/1924)
• Egmont Overture (tr. Hindsley) (1810/197-?)
• Egmont Overture (arr. Tobani) (1810/1900)
• 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)
• Five Short Pieces for Wind Ensemble (arr. Reynolds) (1975)
• Für Elise (arr. Korson) (1810/1867/20--?)
• The Great Beethoven Bonanza (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Jones) (2015)
• Heavens Resound, The
• Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee (arr.Kirkland)
• Leonore Overture No. 3 (tr. Hindsley) (1806/197-?]
• 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)
• Ode to Joy (Flex instrumentation (arr. Brand) (1824/2000(?))
• Ode to Joy (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1824/2020)
• Piano Concerto No. 1 (arr. Odom) (1795/2019)
• Prometheus Overture (arr. Barnes) (1801/1963)
• Prometheus Overture (arr. Slocum) (1801/1987)
• Quintet in E-flat Major, Op 16
• Rondino (1793/195-?)
• Scherzo from "Symphony No 9" (arr. Bocook) (1824/2004)
• Sextet (1796)
• Siegess­in­fonie
• Symphony No 1 in C Major (trans. Schmitt; ed. Marlow) (1800/1817/2007)
• Symphony No. 5 (arr. Godfrey) (1804-1808/1921)
• Symphony No. 5 in C Minor (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1804-1808/2014)
• Symphony No. 6, "Pastoral" Selections (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Kanayama) (1808/)
• Presto from "Symphony No. 7" (tr. Thompson) (1811/2018)
• Symphony No. 9 in D minor (tr. Vives) (1822-1824/2013)
• Three Equale
• Turkish March (arr. Rondeau) (1809/2011)
• Turkish March (arr. Curnow) (1809/2001)
• The Yorck Marche. See: March in F

Resources

• Beethoven, L. [19--]. Sextette: Opus 71, 81b [score]. Edition Peters: Leipzig, Ger.
• List of Compositions by Ludwig van Beethoven, Wikipedia Accessed 23 May 2020