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Beethoven, Ludwig van. (1770–1827). 4me Grande Simphonie en Sib majeur (B dur) : composée et dédiée à Monsr. le Comte d'Oppersdorf... Op. 60 Partition Prix 16 Fr. [Full score] . Bonn et Cologne: Simrock. [1823]. Large 8vo. 2ff. (title, blank), 195 pp. Engraved. [PN] 2078. First Edition, variant issue, with "4me" in the title. A fine copy in a modern cloth binding. Kinsky-Halm p. 145. Beethoven Beiträge p. 216. Hirsch IV 300.
"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)
"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)
Beethoven, Ludwig van. (1770–1827). 4me Grande Simphonie en Sib majeur (B dur) : composée et dédiée à Monsr. le Comte d'Oppersdorf... Op. 60 Partition Prix 16 Fr. [Full score] . Bonn et Cologne: Simrock. [1823]. Large 8vo. 2ff. (title, blank), 195 pp. Engraved. [PN] 2078. First Edition, variant issue, with "4me" in the title. A fine copy in a modern cloth binding. Kinsky-Halm p. 145. Beethoven Beiträge p. 216. Hirsch IV 300.
"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)
"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)