Classical / Early Romantic · 1810
Egmont Overture
L. v. BeethovenOp. 84
- Key
- Fm
- Time
- 3/2
- Tempo
- ♩=60
- AO focus
- AO3
Incipit
Form
Slow F-minor introduction + Allegro. Concert standard, freedom-of-thought subject (Goethe's play about Count Egmont).
Teaching points
- Sostenuto introduction — heavy chords
- Allegro release — freedom theme
- AO3: programmatic narrative
Full score ↓Public domain
Breitkopf urtext, PD.