[Op. 72; arr.]. Ouverture zu der Oper: Fidelio [Piano 4 hands]
für das Pianoforte zu vier Händen ... Pr. 12 1/2 Ngr.
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [PN 4818], [ca. 1850].
Oblong folio. [1] (title), 2-9, [i] (blank) pp. Engraved.
Publisher's small oval handstamp to foot of title.
Light wear and soiling to edges; small tear to blank lower margin throughout with minor loss.
Separate re-issue from the first four-hand piano arrangement of the third (1814) version of the work. LvBWV v. 1, p. 453.
Beethoven's opera Leonore went through several revisions before the final version, Fidelio, was premiered in Vienna on 23 May 1814. Breitkopf published the first four-hand piano version of the complete opera in 1828, arranged by Ebers.
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