Beethoven dedicated his entire career to pushing the boundaries of instruments and performers, always aiming for the maximum effect.
Composition History
Beethoven's early cantatas were so challenging that wind players found their parts too difficult to perform.
Composition History
Beethoven's Serenade, Op. 25, was written for instruments that could all be played standing up: flute, violin, and viola.
Instruments
When Beethoven began composing, the four-keyed flute was becoming established, but by his Ninth Symphony, six or even eight keys were standard.
Composition History
The Allegro and Minuet in G, WoO 26, for two flutes, is the only such duo in Beethoven's worklist.
Composition History
Beethoven dedicated his Op. 30 violin sonatas to Alexander I, the young progressive Tsar of Russia, and received 100 ducats belatedly in 1814 from Tsarina Elizabeth.
Composition History
The Trio in G, WoO 37, for keyboard, flute and bassoon, was discovered among Beethoven's papers after his death and published in 1888.
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