12 German Dances, WoO 8 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)

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Recordings

Performer Pages Walter Goehr (conductor)
Publisher Info. Musical Masterpiece Society/Concert Hall MMS-2159, 195?
Performers Symphonie Orchester Radio Frankfurt (hr-Sinfonieorchester)
Reissue Schattdorf: Gagnaux Collection
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Misc. Notes Recorded in the 1950s.
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Performer Pages Édouard van Remoortel (Conductor)
Pro Musica Orchestra Stuttgart (Orchestra)
Publisher Info. Vox Records, 1956.
Reissue Schattdorf: Gagnaux Collection
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Misc. Notes Recorded June, 1956 in Stuttgart.
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For Piano solo

Performer Pages Mississippi College Piano Pedagogy (piano)
Publisher Info. MississippiCollegePianoPedagogy, 2017.
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Sheet Music

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Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1815-16)., with holograph annotations.
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Misc. Notes Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (D-B): Mus.ms.autogr. Beethoven, L. v., Artaria 138
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Editor Gustav Nottebohm (1817–1882)
Eusebius Mandyczewski (1857–1929)
First edition
Publisher. Info. Ludwig van Beethovens Werke, Serie 2, Nr.17
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1864]. Plate B.17.
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Editor Martin Staehelin (b. 1937)
Shin Augustinus Kojima (1929–1983)
Publisher. Info. Beethoven Werke, Abteilung II, Band 3 [II/3] (pp.33-58)
Munich: G. Henle Verlag, 1980. Plate HN 4062.
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Parts

12 more: Piccolo, Flute 1, 2 • Oboe 1, 2 • Clarinet 1, 2 (C/B♭/A) • Bassoon 1, 2 • Horn 1, 2 (G/F/E♭/D/C/B♭/A) • Post Horn (C) • Trumpet 1, 2 (E♭/D/C) • Timpani • Bass Drum/Triangle, Tambourine • Violins I • Violins II • Cellos/Basses

Editor Gustav Nottebohm (1817–1882)
Eusebius Mandyczewski (1857–1929)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.(ca.1895). Plate Orch. B. 254.
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9 more: Oboe 1, 2 • Clarinet 1, 2 (C/B♭/A) • Bassoon 1, 2 • Horn 1, 2 (G/F/E♭/D/C/B♭/A) • Trumpet 1, 2 (E♭/D/C), Post Horn (C) • Timpani, Bass Drum/Triangle, Tambourine • Violins I • Violins II • Cellos/Basses

Editor Gustav Nottebohm (1817–1882)
Eusebius Mandyczewski (1857–1929)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.(ca.1895). Plate Orch. B. 254.
Reprinted Madison Heights: Luck's Music Library, n.d.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

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For String Trio
Publisher. Info. Vienna: Artaria, n.d.(1802). Plate 1517.
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For Piano
Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. Vienna: Artaria, n.d.(ca. 1795). Plate 609.
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Publisher. Info. Unidentified Publisher, n.d.(ca.1925).
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Misc. Notes This file is from the MIT archive project.
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For Piano 4 hands (Seiss)
Arranger Isidor Wilhelm Seiss (1840–1905)
Engraver Leipzig: C.G. Röder.
Publisher. Info. Berlin: Schlesinger/Lienau, n.d. Plate S. 7250.
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For Piano (Seiss)
Arranger Isidor Wilhelm Seiss (1840–1905)
Publisher. Info. Berlin: Schlesinger/Lienau, n.d.(ca.1904). Plate S. 7249.
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German Dance in C major (No.1)

For Guitar (Llobet)
Arranger Miguel Llobet (1878–1938)
Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, [1899].
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General Information

Work Title Zwolf deutsche Tänze
Alternative. Title
Composer Beethoven, Ludwig van
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. WoO 8 ; Hess 100 (piano solo)
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. ILB 76
Key see below
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 12 dances and coda:
  1. [German Dance] (C major, 16 bars)
  2. [German Dance] (A major, 16 bars) – Trio (A major, 16 bars)
  3. [German Dance] (F major, 16 bars) – Trio (F major, 16 bars)
  4. [German Dance] (B major, 16 bars) – Trio (B major, 16 bars)
  5. [German Dance] (E major, 16 bars) – Trio (E major, 16 bars)
  6. [German Dance] (G major, 16 bars) – Trio (G major, 16 bars)
  7. [German Dance] (C major, 16 bars) – Trio (C major, 16 bars)
  8. [German Dance] (A major, 16 bars) – Trio (A major, 16 bars)
  9. [German Dance] (F major, 16 bars) – Trio (F major, 16 bars)
  10. [German Dance] (D major, 16 bars) – Trio (D major, 16 bars)
  11. [German Dance] (G major, 16 bars) – Trio (G major, 16 bars)
  12. [German Dance] (C major, 16 bars) – Trio (C major, 16 bars)
  13. Coda (C major, 137 bars)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1795
First Performance. 1795/11/22 in Vienna, kleinen Redouten Saal
Artists' Pension Society Orchestra, Ludwig van Beethoven (conductor)
First Publication. 1795 ca. – Vienna: Artaria, plate 609 (piano arrangement)
1864 – Ludwig van Beethovens Werke, Breitkopf & Härtel (orchestral version)
Average DurationAvg. Duration 18 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Classical
Piece Style Classical
Instrumentation orchestra (see below for specific instrumentation)
InstrDetail varies slightly, largest orchestra for the set given [more...]
piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons
2 horns, 2 trumpets, posthorn
timpani, triangle, tambourine, bass drum, strings (no violas)
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