Beethoven: Sextet in E flat major, Op. 71 (with Score)

Ludwig van Beethoven: Sextet For 2 Clarinets, 2 Bassoons, 2 Horns in Eflat major, Op. 71 (with Score) Composed: 1796 Performance: Ottetto Italiano 00:00 1. Adagio Allegro (Eflat major) 08:13 2. Adagio (Bflat major) 12:05 3. Minuet. Quasi Allegretto Trio (Eflat major) 14:29 4. Rondo. Allegro (Eflat major) Beethoven s Wind Sextet carries the rather misleading opus number of 71. Though this seems to suggest a date of composition contemporary with the titanic works of the composer s middle period, the work was actually written in 1796 and remained unperformed for nearly a decade. By the time he contemplated publishing the work in 1810, Beethoven informed his publishers Breitkopf Härtel that he had written the work in a single That claim, however, should perhaps be discounted, for it is well known that Beethoven did not share Mozart s gift of spontaneous inspiration, and that he almost invariably refined and reworked pieces, often over a period of years. No sketches for the Sextet survive. T