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Site Essays: Articles on the Works of 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These pages will feature all articles, whether published or unpublished, written by contributors to the research center who wish to support Beethovenian research.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.

Opus 46 Adelaïde - manuscript copy owned by the Beethoven Music Research Center

the following lied and the waltz added at the end of the manuscript.

Opus 46 Adelaïde, copy from the edition published by Simrock in Bonn, the following lied and the waltz added at the end of the manuscript.

Beethoven and Italy: Christ on the Mount of Olives

First performances and editions in Italy

Unpublished article by Luigi Bellofatto, on the first editions and first performances of Beethoven‘s oratorio "Christus am Ölberge" that took place in Italy during the composer’s lifetime and in the years immediately following his death.

Beethoven and Schiller’s “Fiesco”.

Chronicle of a missed meeting

Article published in the A.B.F. (Association Beethoven France) magazine “Beethoven, sa vie, son oeuvre”, number 10 – 2008, pages 25 – 29.

Beethoveniana I - Gustav Nottebohm

Aufsatze und Mittheilungen von Gustav Nottebohm

Aufsatze und Mittheilungen von Gustav Nottebohm. Leipzig und Winterthur. Verlag von J. Rieter - Biedermann. 1872.

Zweite Beethoveniana - Gustav Nottebohm

Aufsatze und Mittheilungen von Gustav Nottebohm

Nachgelassene Aufsätze von Gustav Nottebohm Leipzig, Verlag von J. Rieter Biedermann 1887

The catalogues of the works of Ludwig van Beethoven

By Luigi Bellofatto

In this article, Luigi Domenico Bellofatto lists all the books that have had a crucial role in cataloguing Beethoven’s works.

Piano Variations on "Nel cor più non mi sento" from Paisiello’s "Bella Molinara"

J.B. AUERNHAMMER, J. GELINEK and L.V. BEETHOVEN.

A comparative study, by Antonietta Cappelli

Publishers and editions.

Rare and hard-to-find scores owned by us.

Rare and hard-to-find scores in our possession: First editions, Beethovenian and otherwise, variants, transcriptions, paraphrases....

“Beethoven – Variations for Piano” – by Giuseppe Bruno

Series of musical conversations by Maestro Giuseppe Bruno

“Beethoven – Variations for Piano” on the 250th anniversary of his birth.

Michel Rouch: Sehnsuchtswalzer Anhang 14 n° 1 de « Beethoven »

Toutes les Versions chantées

Michel Rouch – Sehnsuchtswalzer Anhang 14 n° 1 de « Beethoven »
Versions chantées

Ludwig van Beethoven’s Studien im Generalbasse, Contrapuncte und in der Compositions-Lehre

Italian translation: Rossi, with notes by Fétis

Ludwig van Beethoven’s Studien im Generalbasse, Contrapuncte und in der Compositions-Lehre aus dessen handschriftlichem Nachlasse gesammelt und hrsg. von Ignaz von Seyfried – Various editions up to Neue Ausgabe by Louis Köhler – A History

Beethoven Studien im Generalbass, Contrapunkt und der Composition – Neue Ausgabe von Louis Köhler

Vorwort zur Dritten Ausgabe und ERSTES CAPITEL

Beethoven Studien im Generalbass, Contrapunkt und der Composition – Neue Ausgabe von Louis Köhler
Vorwort zur Dritten Ausgabe und ERSTES CAPITEL

Michele Trenti - Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Op. 61

played with Paganini’s "Cannone"

This article documents a live concert performed on February 21, 1995 at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa.

Ludwig van Beethoven’s works for mandolin and piano

Article and research by Graziano Denini and Luigi Domenico Bellofatto

Ludwig van Beethoven’s works for mandolin and piano
(WoO 43a, WoO 43b, WoO 44a, and WoO 44b; articles, fragments, and drafts related to these works)

Neglected Masterpieces – Obsolete Music by Beethoven and Schubert

Article By Giorgia Cozzi

Bachelor’s Degree Thesis – Academic Year 2020/2021

The sonata Opus 101 transcribed for violin and piano,

Dorothea Dorothea Ertmann and the publication in Milan by RicordiErtmann e la pubblicazione a Milano presso Ricordi

Article by Luigi Bellofatto on the transcription for violin and piano of the Opus 101 piano sonata, published in Milan, Ricordi, 1820. Multimedia and musical apparatus by Graziano Denini. Copy owned by the Centro di Ricerche Musicali.

Beethoven’s Sonata op. 109 between beginnings and discord

A technical-historical reflection by Gianluca di Donato

.... On April 11, 1820, Beethoven received a letter from the publisher Schlesinger asking him about new sonatas, and in fact, in a letter dated April 30, Beethoven spoke of “new sonatas,” and more precisely of a work composed of three sonatas....

Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony No. 6 and its (alleged) connections to Croatian folk music

Article By Giovanni Mura.

An article by Dr. Giovanni Mura, a pathologist and classical music enthusiast, includes interesting reflections on the origins of the themes of Ludwig van Beethoven’s symphonies.

Beethoven Fragments from the Landsberg 7 Notebook – Critical Studies

Article By Paola Rossetti.

A sketch of a fugue "in D minor" (Biamonti 350)

The premiere of the Ninth Symphony in Japan – June 1, 1918 – Bandō prisoner of war camp

Article from “Il romanzo popolare del pentagramma e della tavolozza”

by Beniamino Cuomo

Fantasy Op. 77 – A Fantastic Utopia

Or a fanciful utopia, between reality and imagination.

by Antonietta Cappelli

Beethoven and the invention of joy.

The Piano Sonata Op. 78.

by Carlo Bianchi

Beyond the Kreutzer Sonata

Three Narrations for Violin and Piano

by Carlo Bianchi

Beethoven’s manuscripts from the Paris Conservatory Library.

Die Beethovenhandschriften der Pariser Konservaloriumsbibliothek. Von Max Unger (Leipzig-Zürich) 1935.

By Max Unger

Anhang 8 – A Comparative Study

of the Various Editions

By Graziano Denini

Beethoven Sketch Books

By J. S. Shedlock, B.A.

On Musical Time (1892 – 1895)

The Requiem by Karel Stross

Attributed to Beethoven –

Attributed to Beethoven – Article by Michel Rouch.

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