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Opus 71
1796

8'23"
3'29"
2'13"
3'49"

Sextet for 2 Clarinets, 2 Horns & 2 Bassoons
in E flat major

1. Adagio - Allegro
2. Adagio
3. Menuetto - Quasi Allegretto
4. Rondo - Allegro

Opus 87
1793-1794

7'38"
2'47"
3'09"
4'14"

Trio for Oboes & English Horn
in C major

1. Allegro
2. Adagio Cantabile
3. Menuetto - Allegro Molto - Scherzo
4. Finale - Presto

Opus 103
1792

8'10"
5'13"
3'09"
5'40"

Octet for Oboes, Clarinets, Horns & Bassoons in E flat major
mi bemolle maggiore - Revised in 1796 as the String Quintet Opus 4

1. Allegro
2. Andante
3. Menuetto - Trio
4. Presto - Finale

Military march with trio, in C major

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(3 783 Ko)

Ecossaise for Wind Band in G major

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(511 Ko)

Lost. Known only in Carl Czerny’s piano arrangement.

Rondino for 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets, 2 Horns & 2 Bassoons in E flat major

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(14 400 Ko)

1792 (no later than October), published in Vienna, Diabelli, estate 1830.

Duo for Flutes in G major: (Allegro and Minuetto). Dedicated to "the friend J. M. Degenhardt".

Allegro: Listen to this work in		(2 590 Ko)
Minuetto: Listen to the mp3 file of this work		(3 373 Ko)

Published by Thayer-Riemann, I, app, page 524.
Modern edition: Willy Hess, supplemente zur G.A. Volume 7, 1963.
The manuscript is at the Staatsbibliothek of Berlin.

Duo for clarinet and bassoon n°1 (authenticity doubtful)

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(9 736 Ko)

Duo for clarinet and bassoon n°2 (authenticity doubtful)

Duo for clarinet and bassoon n°3 (authenticity doubtful)

March for Clarinets, Horns & Bassoons in B flat major: "Grenadiermarsch"

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(1 100 Ko)

Hess 87a
1807

March for Clarinets, Horns & Bassoons in B flat major:
"Grenadiermarsch" - Hess 87 - v1

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(1 246 Ko)

Hess 87b
1807

March for Clarinets, Horns & Bassoons in B flat major:
"Grenadiermarsch" - Hess 87 - v2

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(1 246 Ko)

3 Equali for 4 trombones, 2 Novembre, 1812, published in 'Supplemente zur G.A.', 1888. GA. number 293 (series 25/30) - Bruers 195 - KH (WoO) 30 L. IV, P. 359/B - N. P. 161 - Thayer 171.

Equali 1 - Equali 2 - Equali 3

Equale 1 - Listen to the mp3 file of this work (2 000 Ko) Equale 2 - Listen to the mp3 file of this work (993 Ko) Equale 3 - Listen to the mp3 file of this work (1 600 Ko)

The original manuscript can be found in the "Deutches Staatsbibliothek", Berlin.

"Equal" or "Egal" means a choral composition usually for voices of the same timbre, that is to say, all equal; male of female and which have the same rhythmic motion.

In relation to instrumental music, the meaning of the term remains the same as the original. Therefore in this case the four trombones translate to an imagined choir of male voices. It is important to remember that trombones, seldom used in the regular orchestra of Beethoven's time, conversely had very frequent use in public ceremonies, principally religious (precessions, funeral). They lend, in a certain sense, a nobility and majesty. Very often they also support or accompany the voice.

The 3 "Equales" were composed in 1812 during the time Beethoven spent at Linz, at the invitation of Kapellmeister Franz Xaver Glòggl, with the idea that they would be performed during funery ceremonies.

The manuscript carries the date of 2nd November (All Souls' Day), probably the date on which they were first performed.

See also the version sung at Beethoven's funerals, Biamonti 548.

WoO 37
1786

16'21"
3'48"
8'59"

Trio in G major, for Piano, Flute and Bassoon
transcribed into bassoon

1. Allegro
2. Adagio
3. Tema andante con variazioni

March accelerated tempo, in D major, for harmony orchestra

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(2 255 Ko)

• Fiorella e Armando Orlandi
  are kind and assidious correspondents, and, moreover, talented creators of midi files. Thank you to them for entrusting me with their creations, and for being willing to continue on works which I lack.

• Edgard Bourgevin
  is a military doctor who loves music, geology and astronomy. He shares with us his midi files of the Sextet of winds. Many thanks.

• Oliver Seely
  is a clarinet player. He has realised many midi files of works by Beethoven and other composers, mainly works for wind instruments: http://www.csudh.edu/oliver/clarmusi/clarmusi.htm. Congratulations for this great work and many thanks.