Western — Classical & Romantic
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.

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