Articles on Music – C.R.M.B. Editorial Studies and Insights | Beethoven Music Research Center www.lvbeethoven.org

Site Essays: Articles and essays on music from the period surrounding Ludwig van Beethoven

These pages will feature all articles, whether published or unpublished, written by contributors to the research center who wish to support Beethovenian research. Some have appeared in specialized journals, while others were created specifically for us. Among our contributors are Michel Rouch, Luigi Bellofatto, Graziano Denini, Antonietta Cappelli and Giovanni Mura. The same articles will also be available on their dedicated pages within the site. Anyone interested in collaborating is welcome to contact us via the email addresses provided in the “Contacts” section.

Archduke Rudolf of Austria – 40 Variations on a Theme by Beethoven

His life and his musical production.

Archduke Rudolf of Austria – 40 Variations on a Theme by Beethoven WoO 200 “O Hoffnung” - Article by Luigi Domenico Bellofatto.

Beethoven Album (1846)

Ein Gedenkbuch dankbarer Liebe und Verehrung für den großen Todten

Beethoven-Album : ein Gedenkbuch dankbarer Liebe und Verehrung für den großen Todten ; gestiftet und beschrieben von einem Vereine von Künstlern und Kunstfreunden aus Frankreich, England, Italien, Deutschland, Holland, Schweden, Ungarn und Rußland.

Blumenlese and Neue Blumenlese für Klavierliebhaber

Beethoven’s first printed works

Blumenlese and Neue Blumenlese for Piano Concertos.

Article on the Blumenlese and Neue Blumenlese, written by Luigi Bellofatto, a friend and indispensable contributor to our site, with music revised and digitized by musicologist and cellist Graziano Denini.

Cantate für Enthüllung der Beethoven - Monuments -

Heiligenstatt - 1863

Article by Luigi Bellofatto about the cantata which appeared in a pamphlet printed in Vienna in 1863 for the inauguration of the Beethoven monument in Heiligenstadt.

"Ask the composers"

Dialogue through the life and work of women musicians of the time of Ludwig van Beethoven (Ca 1760 - 1840)

An artistic exploration by the site’s co-author Fiorella Romenzi and pianist Antonietta Cappelli.

Diverses Pièces en Quatuor pour deux Violons, Alto e violoncelle

Composées par Louis van Beethoven

Beethoven-Haus Bonn, C 246 / 122 – Probably published around 1822.

Douze Entr’ Actes tirés des Oeuvres pour Piano de Beethoven

pour Deux Violons, Alto, Basse, Flûte, deux Hautbois ou deux Clarinettes deux Cors et Bassoon, dédiés aux Adorateurs de l’ Immortel par Nicolas Baldenecker.

Audio File By Gian Marco Orciari.

Erste Album Beethoven Dix Morceaux brillants pour le Piano

Vienne, Mechetti (PN 3593-3608) Febr. 1842

composés par Messieurs Chopin, Czerny, Döhler, Henselt, Kalkbrenner, Liszt, Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Moscheles, Taubert et Thalberg, et publiés par l’Editeur P. Mechetti pour contribuer aux Frais du Monument de Louis van Beethoven à Bonn. Vienne, Mechetti (PN 3593-3608)

"La ritrovata figlia di Ottone II"

Ballet Opus 39 by Leopold Kozeluch

Article written for the presentation of the ballet music "La ritrovata figlia di Ottone II" by Leopold Kozeluch. Editing of the orchestral parts and piano score by Graziano Denini

J.B. Cramer – 21 Etüden für Klavier

Nebst Fingerübungen von Beethoven

J.B. Cramer – 21 ETÜDEN FÜR KLAVIER - Nebst Fingerübungen von Beethoven Nach dem Handexemplar LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVENs Herausgegeben von Hans Kann

Michel Rouch Change, change moi Brama !

Air en sol majeur pour soprano avec accompagnement de piano ou de harpe.

Article de Michel Rouch sur l’ Air apocryphe Change, change moi Brama !

Michel Rouch “Germany" & “Waltham”

Hymnes sacrées de William Gardiner,

“GERMANY” & “WALTHAM” Hymnes sacrées de William Gardiner,
« Sujet de Beethoven » (Sacred Melodies, Vol. 2, 1815) Article de Michel Rouch

Michel Rouch: The Ivy Green - Le Lierre.

Charles Dickens - Ludwig van Beethoven

Article by Michel ROUCH Published in the A.B.F. (Association Beethoven France) magazine "Beethoven, sa vie, son oeuvre", number 15 - 2013, pages 93 - 95.

Passaggi estratti dalle opere per pianoforte di Ludwig van Beethoven

aggruppati, diteggiati e messi in forma di “Studi giornalieri” da Giuseppe Buonamici

(Passages from the piano works of Ludwig van Beethoven grouped, fingered and put into the form of “Daily Studies” by Giuseppe Buonamici) Piano Antonietta Cappelli

Recast (Kleine Fuge) for orchestra (2015)

Ludwig Van Beethoven – Francesco Trocchia.

Taken from the fugue Biamonti 250

Salvatore Viganò and Beethoven in "choreodrama"

A non-classical partnership

Salvatore Viganò and Ludwig van Beethoven collaborated on the ballet "Prometheus," but the music of the Bonn genius can be found in other ballet pastiches. Discover them with us!

Vierzehn Compositionen zu Schillers Ode “An die Freude”

Von Anonymus, von Dalberg, Christmann, Müller, W. Schulz, A. B. Schulz, C. F. Schulz, Seidel, Reichart, Rellstab, Willing, Zelter und zwey Ungenannten.

Testi ByLuigi Bellofatto

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