Treated! What a sound it has!" Wagner called it the "apotheosis of the dance." Mendelssohn once exclaimed, "How the orchestra is Of my best works", even though it was extremely rare for him to look on any hisĬompositions with praise. Beethoven himself thought the symphony "one Seventh Symphony immediately grew in popularity and is one Beethoven's most The famous Allegretto of the Seventh Symphony was encored and the entireĬoncert was repeated again only a few days later on the 12 th, also Maelzel for the soldiers wounded at the battle of Hanau where Austrian andīravarian troops attempted to cut off Napoleon's retreat from Leipzig.īeethoven himself conducted this performance despite being nearly deaf by this Place on December 8 th, 1813 at a benefit concert organized by Performance of the Seventh Symphony, along with the "Battle Symphony," took TheĮighth Symphony followed immediate on the heels of the Seventh, appearing Musical predecessor of the Ninth Symphony as well as many other works. King Stephen, and the Ruins of Athens the Choral Fantasy, the Years, Beethoven had been quite productive composing the string quartets in E Seventh Symphony was completed in 1812, four years after the Pastoral Symphony. Song), and syncopation in the romping, elated finale. Rapid-fire quarter notes in the scherzo (with trio based on an Austrian Introduction), march rhythms in the somber, funereal second movement, Rhythmic idea: spritely dotted rhythms in the first movement (following a long Richard Wagner describe the symphony as the "apotheosis of the dance", due to each movement's obsessive treatment of a single The work was premiered with great success inĭecember 1813 in the hall of the old Vienna Conservatory. Translator, who comprehend the spirit of a work and thus contribute to the knowledge of the great mastersĬomposed his seventh symphony in 1811-12. Smaller traits that so powerfully contributeĪ level with the intelligent engraver, the conscientious Only the grand outlines of Beethoven's compositions but also all those numerous fine details, and Time well spent if I have succeeded in transferring to the piano not His arrangements gives a clear indication of the care and respect with which he Liszt's preface to the published edition of Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) began around 1835 by 1837 he completed theĢ00 transcriptions for solo piano, his aim was to promote the music of theĬomposer whose work he arranged, and to show off his uncanny pianisticĪbilities in the process. Liszt's desire to arrange the symphonies of Supreme skill at adapting music for one medium to another specifically,Īrranging orchestral music for the piano. Achievements of Franz Liszt (1811-1866) asĪ phenomenal pianist and groundbreaking composer often overshadow hisĬontribution to the art of transcription.īut it is this very combination of compositional ability and pianistic facility