Fuchs du hast die Gans gestohlen ...:

Titel (DE): Fuchs, Du hast die Gans gestohlen - wie es (vielleicht) Ludwig van Beethoven vertont hätte
Titel (EN): Fox, you've stolen the goose - as Ludwig van Beethoven could (possibly) have composed it
Titel (FR): Fox, you've stolen the goose - as Ludwig van Beethoven could (possibly) have composed it
Komponist / Composer: Beethoven, Ludwig van / Birtel, Wolfgang
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Besetzung / Instrumentation: Streichquartett / string quartet
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Aufführungsdauer / Duration: 13'
Verlag / Publisher: Schott Music
Erscheindungsdatum / Date of Publishing: 18.01.2010
Ausgabe / Publication: Partitur und Stimmen - Score and parts -
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Seiten / Pages: 68
Verarbeitung: Rückendrahtheftung - Saddle-wire stitching
Schwierigkeitsgrad / Difficulty: mittelschwer - intermediate - moyen
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ISMN: M-001-16955-4
ISMN-13: 979-0-001-16955-4
ISMN-EAN: 9790001169554
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What do Beethoven and the children's song Fuchs Du hast die Gans gestohlen have in common? Nothing, strictly speaking. Although the song was written as early as 1824 (and theoretically, Beethoven could have known it), it has not left deep marks on his oeuvre. But what if he had known it? Wolfgang Birtel pursued this question and, in reply to it, conceived a symphony for string quartet: behind each movement is an original symphony by Beethoven (spiced with quotes from other works). The children's song appears as the main theme in the final movement of Symphony No. 1, in the famous funeral march of Eroica, fate knocks at the door (of the goose house) in remembrance of Symphony No. 5, and the work ends with Ode to the Roast Goose (Symphony No. 9). A funny and cleverly arranged collage, a performing and listening pleasure in the footsteps of Beethoven.

Motto-Adagio-Allegro molto vivace. La Caccia - Marcia funebre. Mourning for the demise of the goose - Allegro. Fortune is knocking at the (goose-pen) door - Prest. Ode to toast goose (Joy, beautiful roast goose)

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What do Beethoven and the children's song Fuchs Du hast die Gans gestohlen have in common? Nothing, strictly speaking. Although the song was written as early as 1824 (and theoretically, Beethoven could have known it), it has not left deep marks on his oeuvre. But what if he had known it? Wolfgang Birtel pursued this question and, in reply to it, conceived a symphony for string quartet: behind each movement is an original symphony by Beethoven (spiced with quotes from other works). The children's song appears as the main theme in the final movement of Symphony No. 1, in the famous funeral march of Eroica, fate knocks at the door (of the goose house) in remembrance of Symphony No. 5, and the work ends with Ode to the Roast Goose (Symphony No. 9). A funny and cleverly arranged collage, a performing and listening pleasure in the footsteps of Beethoven.

Motto-Adagio-Allegro molto vivace. La Caccia - Marcia funebre. Mourning for the demise of the goose - Allegro. Fortune is knocking at the (goose-pen) door - Prest. Ode to toast goose (Joy, beautiful roast goose)