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Meeresstille und Glückliche Fahrt, Op. 112 ("Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage") is a cantata for chorus and orchestra composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. It is based on a pair of poems by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. They met in 1812; Beethoven admired him and the work is dedicated to Goethe.
Beethoven as portrayed by August von Kloeber in 1818. In 1820, when Beethoven wrote Abendlied he was 49 years old. 1820 was a year in which the sorrows of his life (deafness, illness, failure to find a marriage partner) [a] were augmented by the climactic phase of his legal confrontation with his sister-in-law Johanna van Beethoven over custody of his nephew (Johanna's son) Karl.
Interventions including music-assisted relaxation and listening to music effectively reduce sleep onset latency for people with insomnia. [14] However, several studies found music to have neither positive nor negative effects on subjective sleep quality for normal individuals. [15] [16]
The Ruins of Athens (Die Ruinen von Athen), Op. 113, is a set of incidental music pieces written in 1811 by Ludwig van Beethoven.The music was written to accompany the play of the same name by August von Kotzebue, for the dedication of the new Deutsches Theater Pest [] in Pest, Hungary.
The String Quintet in C minor, Op. 104, written by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1817, performed on 10 December 1818, and published in 1819, is an arrangement of the early C minor Piano Trio, Op. 1 No. 3. [1] [2] This work is scored for a string quintet with two violas. The work is referenced in Vikram Seth's 1999 novel An Equal Music.
The music in C major and alla breve time is marked "Majestätisch und erhaben" (Majestic and sublime). The music opens with two measures of solemn chords by the piano. [8] The motif of a downward broken major triad is also found in other compositions by Beethoven dealing with solemn topics, such as the Dona nobis pacem from his Missa solemnis. [9]
"If I had all the money in the world, I would not be here, okay?" Goldberg told "The View" audience.
Online score, posted by Indiana University School of Music. Each score page is a 200 kB gif image. For a public domain recording of this sonata visit Musopen; Piano Sonata No. 15 (Beethoven): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project; Recording by Paavali Jumppanen, piano from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum; Articles