Beethoven's Symphonies

Here are Beethoven's 9 Symphonies.

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No. 1 in C major	Opus 21	1800
Dedicated to Baron von Swieten. First Performance on 2 April 1800 Orchestra : 2 flutes; 2 oboes; 2 clarinets; 2 bassoons; 2 horns; 2 trumpets; 2 timpani; strings 1.Adagio molto - Allegro con brio 2.Andante cantabile e con moto 3.Menuetto & Trio 4.Finale : Adagio - Allegro molto e vivace All Movements
No. 2 in D major	Opus 36	1803
Dedicated to Prince Carl Lichnowsky. First Performance on 5 April 1803 Orchestra : 2 flutes; 2 oboes; 2 clarinets; 2 bassoons; 2 horns; 2 trumpets; 2 timpani; strings 1.Adagio molto - Allegro con brio 2.Larghetto 3.Scherzo & Trio : Allegro 4.Allegro molto All Movements
No. 3 in E flat major	Opus 55	1805	"Eroica"
Dedicated to Prince Lobkowitz. First Performance on 7 April 1805 Orchestra : 2 flutes; 2 oboes; 2 clarinets; 2 bassoons; 3 horns; 2 trumpets; 2 timpani; strings 1.Allegro con brio 2.Marcia funebre : Adagio assai 3.Scherzo & Trio : Allegro vivace. Alla breve 4.Finale : Allegro molto - Poco andante - Presto All Movements
No. 4 in B flat major	Opus 60	1807
Dedicated to Count Oppersdorf. First Performance on March 1807 Orchestra : 1 flute; 2 oboes; 2 clarinets; 2 bassoons; 2 horns; 2 trumpets; 2 timpani; strings 1.Adagio - Allegro vivace 2.Adagio 3.Menuetto : Allegro vivace - Trio : Un poco meno allegro 4.Allegro, ma non troppo All Movements
No. 5 in C minor	Opus 67	1808
Dedicated to Prince Lobkowitz and Count Razumowsky. First Performance on 22 Dec 1808 Orchestra : 2 flutes; 1 piccolo; 2 oboes; 2 clarinets; 2 bassoons; 1 contrabassoon; 2 horns; 2 trumpets; 3 trombones; 2 timpani; strings 1.Allegro con brio 2.Andante con moto - Piu moto 3.Allegro 4.Allegro - Presto All Movements
No. 6 in F major	Opus 68	1808	"Pastoral"
Dedicated to Prince Lobkowitz and Count Razumowsky. First Performance on 22 Dec 1808 Orchestra : 2 flutes; 1 piccolo; 2 oboes; 2 clarinets; 2 bassoons; 2 horns; 2 trumpets; 2 trombones; 2 timpani; strings 1.Allegro (`The cheerful impressions excited by arriving in the country') 2.Andante molto mosso (`By the stream') 3.Allegro (`A happy get together of peasants') 4.Allegro (`Storm') 5.Allegretto (`The shepherds' hymn, gratitude and thanksgiving after the storm') All Movements
No. 7 in A major	Opus 92	1813
Dedicated to Moritz, Count Imperial von Fries. First Performance on 8 December 1813 Orchestra : 2 flutes; 2 oboes; 2 clarinets; 2 bassoons; 2 horns; 2 trumpets; 2 timpani; strings 1.Poco sostenuto - Vivace 2.Allegretto 3.Scherzo : Presto - Trio : Assai meno presto 4.Allegro con brio All Movements
No. 8 in F major	Opus 93	1814
First Performance on 27 February 1814 Orchestra : 2 flutes; 2 oboes; 2 clarinets; 2 bassoons; 2 horns; 2 trumpets; 2 timpani; strings 1.Allegro vivace e con brio 2.Allegretto scherzando 3.Tempo di menuetto 4.Allegro vivace All Movements
No. 9 in D minor	Opus 125	1824	"Choral"
Dedicated to King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia. First Performance on 7 May 1824 Orchestra : 2 flutes; 1 piccolo; 2 oboes; 2 clarinets; 2 bassoons; 1 contrabassoon; 4 horns; 2 trumpets; 3 trombones; 2 timpani; triangle; cymbals; bass drum; strings 1.Allegro ma non troppo un poco maestoso 2.Molto vivace : Presto 3.Adagio con molto e cantabile - Andante moderato 4.Presto All Movements
Words of movement 4 (from Schiller's poem "Ode to Joy" - "An die Freude")
English Translation O friends! Not these sounds! But let us strike up more pleasant sounds and more joyful! Joy, o wondrous spark divine, Daughter of Elysium, Drunk with fire now we enter, Heavenly one, your holy shrine. Your magic powers join again What fashion strictly did divide; Brotherhood unites all men Where your gentle wing's spread wide. The man who's been so fortunate To become the friend of a friend, The man who has won a fair woman - To the rejoicing let him add his voice. The man who calls but a single soul Somewhere in the world his own! And he who never managed this - Let him steal forth from our throng! Joy is drunk by every creature From Nature's fair and charming breast; Every being, good or evil, Follows in her rosy steps. Kisses she gave to us, and vines, And one good friend, tried in death; The serpent she endowed with base desire And the cherub stands before God. Gladly as His suns do fly Through the heavens' splendid plan, Run now, brothers, your own course, Joyful like a conquering hero Embrace each other now, you millions! The kiss is for the whole wide world! Brothers - over the starry firmament A beloved Father must surely dwell. Do you come crashing down, you millions? Do you sense the Creators presence, world? Seek Him above the starry firmament, For above the stars he surely dwells.		German Original O Freunde, nicht diese Toene! Sondern lasst uns angenehmere anstimmen und freundenvollere! Freude, schoener Goetterfunken, Tochter aus Elysium, Wir betreten feuertrunken, Himmlische dein Heiligtum. Deine Zauber binden wieder, Was die Mode streng geteilt; Alle Menschen werden Brueder, Wo dein sanfter Fluegel weilt. Wem der grosse Wurf gelungen, Eines Freundes Freund zu sein, Wer ein holdes Weib errungen, Mische seine Jubel ein! Ja - wer auch nur eine Seele Sein nennt auf dem Erdenrund! Und wer's nie gekonnt, der stehle Weinend sich aus diesem Bund! Freude trinken alle Wesen An den Bruesten der Natur, Alle Guten, alle Boesen Folgen ihre Rosenspur. Kuesse gab sie uns und Reben, Einen Freund, geprueft im Tod, Wollust ward dem Wurm gegeben, Und der Cherub steht vor Gott. Froh, wie seine Sonnen fliegen Durch das Himmels praecht'gen Plan, Laufet, Brueder, eure Bahn, Freudig wie ein Held zum Siegen. Seid umschlungen, Millionen! Diesen Kuss der ganzen Welt! Brueder - ueberm Sternenzelt Muss ein lieber Vater wohnen. Ihr stuerzt nieder, Millionen? Ahnest du den Schoepfer, Welt? Such ihn ueberm Sternenzelt, Ueber Sternen muss er wohnen.

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