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'''''Zur Namensfeier''''', (French: ''[[:fr:Jour de fête (Beethoven)|Jour de fête]]'', English: ''Feastday'' or ''[[Name day]]'') [[Opus number|op.]] 115, is a [[overture|symphonic overture]] in C major by [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] completed in 1815, and first performed on Christmas Day 1815. It is seldom played. |
'''''Zur Namensfeier''''', (French: ''[[:fr:Jour de fête (Beethoven)|Jour de fête]]'', English: ''Feastday'' or ''[[Name day]]'') [[Opus number|op.]] 115, is a [[overture|symphonic overture]] in C major by [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] completed in 1815, and first performed on Christmas Day 1815. It is seldom played. |
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Its title refers to the feast of St Francis of Assisi, the name day of the Austrian emperor Franz I , 4 October, and while Beethoven made an attempt to complete the work for this day in 1814, he was unable to finish it in time, so he set aside work on it until the following spring. The theme at the beginning is related to that which he used to set [[Friedrich von Schiller|Schiller's]] [[Ode to Joy]] in his [[Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven)|Ninth Symphony]] nine years later. |
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In spite of its late opus number, it is a [[Beethoven#The_three_periods|middle-period]] composition. He used ideas which he had sketched between 1810 and 1814; his earliest "late period" compositions are usually dated to 1816.<ref>Kerman/Tyson, Grove</ref> |
In spite of its late opus number, it is a [[Beethoven#The_three_periods|middle-period]] composition. He used ideas which he had sketched between 1810 and 1814; his earliest "late period" compositions are usually dated to 1816.<ref>Kerman/Tyson, Grove</ref> |
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== External links == |
== External links == |
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* {{IMSLP2|id=Name Day Overture, Op.115 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)|cname=Name Day Overture}} |
* {{IMSLP2|id=Name Day Overture, Op.115 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)|cname=Name Day Overture}} |
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[[Category:Compositions by Ludwig van Beethoven]] |
[[Category:Compositions by Ludwig van Beethoven]] |
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Revision as of 07:37, 10 September 2013
Zur Namensfeier, (French: Jour de fête, English: Feastday or Name day) op. 115, is a symphonic overture in C major by Ludwig van Beethoven completed in 1815, and first performed on Christmas Day 1815. It is seldom played.
Its title refers to the feast of St Francis of Assisi, the name day of the Austrian emperor Franz I , 4 October, and while Beethoven made an attempt to complete the work for this day in 1814, he was unable to finish it in time, so he set aside work on it until the following spring. The theme at the beginning is related to that which he used to set Schiller's Ode to Joy in his Ninth Symphony nine years later.
In spite of its late opus number, it is a middle-period composition. He used ideas which he had sketched between 1810 and 1814; his earliest "late period" compositions are usually dated to 1816.[1]
References
- Lecompte Michel, Guide illustré de la musique symphonique de Beethoven, Fayard, 1995 ISBN 2-213-03091-X
- Kerman, Joseph /Tyson, Alan: "Ludwig van Beethoven", Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy (Accessed 14 December 2006), (subscription access)
Notes
- ^ Kerman/Tyson, Grove