Biamonti 240 – Fragments (in D minor, G minor – major), Landsberg notebook 7, pages 110 lines 3 – 8, continued on page 111, line 1, corresponding to pages 100 and 101 of the Mikulitz). Bars 7 -20. 1800.
The musical examples and texts on this page are by Graziano Denini
Biamonti 240 – Fragments (in D minor, G minor–major), 1800
These fragments are taken from Landsberg 7, pages 110 (lines 3–8), continuing on page 111, line 1, corresponding to pages 100 and 101 of Mikulicz. They span measures 7–20 and date to the year 1800.
All three fragments may be linked to Beethoven’s preparatory work for “The Creatures of Prometheus”, Op. 43. The first fragment, occupying lines 3–4 and consisting of just 7 measures, is titled “Prom: weint” (Prometheus weeps). Beethoven conceived it as a slow melody in D minor, entrusted to the violins doubled at the lower octave, above a repeated quarter-note accompaniment in the bassoons.
According to Mikulicz, this idea continues with the third fragment in G major (or minor).
The second fragment is titled “Sinfonia”. Biamonti identifies it as being in G major, while Mikulicz correctly places it in C major.
The third fragment is more difficult to decipher, especially the notes on line 6 (measures 4–5), which are unclear—possibly part of the third measure of the Sinfonia, or a continuation of the previous line. It is the longest of the three, spanning from line 5 (midway through, after the Sinfonia) to line 8, and concluding on the first line of the following page.
Mikulicz labels all three fragments as “unbekannt” (unknown); only the first, as mentioned, is tentatively associated with the ninth piece of Op. 43.
