Piano trio op.38 (Beethoven)

The Piano Trio op. 38 ("Grand Trio") in E flat major is a chamber music composition by Ludwig van Beethoven for piano, clarinet / violin and violoncello.

Emergence

The piano trio is based on Beethoven's 1799 septet in E flat major, Op. 20 , which the composer arranged as a piano trio shortly after its creation. The piano trio was not published until after 1807. He dedicated this trio to his doctor Johann Adam Schmidt .

To the music

In the course of the revision, Beethoven adapted the string section of the septet for the piano; the violin part is taken over by the right hand.

As is the case in Beethoven's Piano Trio in B flat major, Op. 11 , the “Gassenhauer Trio”, the violin part of Op. 38 can also be played with the clarinet. In fact, the clarinet part has undergone the fewest changes during the arrangement. Musicologist Eberhard Enß suspected that Beethoven might have arranged the septet for a particular clarinetist.

On the other hand, the cello part, which now also takes on the functions of the other voices, has been significantly changed compared to the septet.

literature

supporting documents

• Dörte Schmidt: Chamber music with wind instruments and the conversion of the genre system , in: Beethoven manual. Bärenreiter, Kassel 2009, in: Sven Hiemke (Ed.): Beethoven-Handbuch. Bärenreiter, Kassel 2009, ISBN 978-3-7618-2020-9 . Pp. 535-539

further reading

• Arnold Feil: Septet for strings and wind instruments op. 20 (together with the piano trio in E flat major op. 38) , In: Carl Dahlhaus , Albrecht Riethmüller and Alexander L. Ringer (eds.): Beethoven - interpretations of his works. , 1994, Vol. 1, pp. 161-170

Web links

• Piano Trio op. 38 (Beethoven) : Sheet music and audio files in the International Music Score Library Project

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Eberhard Enß : Beethoven as the arranger of his own works , Taunusstein, 1988, p. 87
2. ↑ Eberhard Enß: Beethoven as the arranger of his own works , Taunusstein, 1988, p. 93f.