BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van 1770-1827

4e Grande Sinfonie (B dur] composée et dédiée à Mr. le Comte d'Oppersdorf ... Op. 60 ... Pr. 16. Frs. ... Partitur. [Full score]

Bonn: bei N. Simrock [PN 2078], [after 1830].

Large octavo. 19th century flexible marbled wrappers with blank octagonal paper label to upper. 1f. (recto lithographic title, verso blank), 195, [i] (blank) pp. Music engraved.

Wrappers slightly worn. Minor wear; very occasional small stains to blank margins; text block split at p. 72.

A bright, clear, impression.

First Edition, later issue, with title newly-set. LvBWV I, p. 337.

"The Fourth Symphony is perhaps the work in which Beethoven first fully reveals his mastery of movement. ... The Finale represents Beethoven's full maturity in that subtlest of ways, his discovery of the true inwardness of Mozart and Haydn; a discovery inaccessible to him whenever ... he seemed or tried to imitate them, but possible as soon as he obtained full freedom in handling his own resources. Everything is present in this unsurpassably adroit and playful Finale; and it is all pure Beethoven." Tovey: The Beethoven Companion, pp. 564-565.

Item #40832

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