Op. 91 arr. Wellingtons-Sieg oder: die Schlacht bey Vittoria. 91tes Werk. Für das Piano=Forte auf 4 Hænde. No. 2364. Preis blank
181726784Wien: S.A. Steiner und Comp. PN C.D.S. 2364 1817. Oblong folio. Unbound as issued. Housed in a custom-made mid-tan leather-backed folder with titling gilt to spine. 1f. title 1 blank 2-39 iii blank pp. Engraved. The word "Preis" printed but neither amount nor currency added.<br/><br/>Extended printed note following imprint: "so wie auch zu haben and also available: in Leipzig bey Breitkopf und Härtel _ C.F. Peters _ Fr. Hoffmeister continuation in smaller print Bonn bey N. Simmrok !Simrock _ Offenbach bey J: Andrä !André _ Zürich bey Nägeli & Comp. _ Ettwill !Eltville bey C: Zulehner_ und in den Musikhandlungen zu Augsburg _ Berlin _ Braunschweig _ Frankfurth _ Hamburg _ München _ Mayland !Mailand _ Neapel _ Stuttgardt !Stuttgart."<br/><br/>Folder slightly worn and soiled. Some offsetting. <br/><br/>An uncut copy. In very good condition overall. First Edition of this arrangement second issue "Pränumerations-Anzeige" of first issue dropped from p. 1 but amount and currency of price printed from third issue on still lacking. LvBWV v. 1 p. 585. 3 copies in Germany and Austria. Hoboken 2 392 a later issue. <br/><br/>The arranger of this version is not known. <br/><br/>"Beethoven's 'Battle Symphony' more correctly entitled Wellington's Victory of the Battle of Victoria op. 91 came into being as the result of an idea by Maelzel that Beethoven should write a work for his latest invention the panharmonicon a sort of mechanical orchestra. The timing coincided with Wellington's defeat of Napoleon in 1813. It is a programmatic piece for a large orchestra with a battery of military and Turkish percussion instruments including cannons and muskets. The first section opens with an English bugle call followed by the patriotic tune Rule Britannia answered by a French bugle call and marching tune known in Britain as For he's a jolly good fellow. Then comes a depiction of the battle. Part 2 called 'Victory Symphony' begins and ends with martial music but is otherwise based largely on the British national anthem which is treated fugally." Cooper: The Beethoven Compendium p. 220. S.A. Steiner und Comp. [PN C.D.S. 2364] unknown books
