[Op. 36]. IIme Grande Simphonie en Rè majeur (D-Dur) ... Oeuvre XXXVI Partition. [Full score]

Bonn et Cologne: N. Simrock [PN 1959], [1822].

Octavo. Original publisher's printed pink wrappers. 1f. (title), [ii] (blank), 162 pp. Engraved. Price: "14 Frs."

Wrappers slightly defective, spine mostly lacking, upper laid down. Slight offsetting; staining to edges of outer margins; some paper imperfections. Some edges untrimmed.

First German edition, with metronome indications present. Scarce in original wrappers. LvBWV v. 1, p. 211. Hoboken 2, 195. Del Mar p. 10, Source E. The score was previously published in an unauthorized edition by Cianchettini and Sperati in London in 1808.

One of the last works of Beethoven's so-called "early period," the Second Symphony was premiered at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna on 5 April 1803, conducted by the composer. It was largely composed during Beethoven's stay at Heiligenstadt in 1802, when he began to realize that his deafness might be incurable.

“Completed in 1802, during a turbulent period in Beethoven’s life, the Second Symphony, in D major, op. 36, is already the work of a mature master who is settling accounts – or making peace – with the high-Classic symphonic tradition before embarking on an unprecedented musical voyage. It is a work which has both retrospective and prospective characteristics: it is firmly rooted in Mozart’s and Haydn’s last symphonies while anticipating Beethoven’s later development by its dynamic contrasts, unexpected modulations, and propulsive movement, all of which are controlled by a confident and flowing Classicism.” Solomon: Beethoven, pp. 103-104.

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