38. THE CONCERT OF DECEMBER 22, 1808

 
THE THEATER AN DER WIEN VIEWED FROM THE JÄGERGASSE Colored engraving Three days before Christmas 1808 Beethoven presented a "Grand Academy" with his most recent works. Under his direction the "Pastoral Symphony" and the Fifth Symphony were heard whereupon the master himself played his Fourth Piano Concerto and the piano part of the Fantasy, opus 80. ( National Library, Vienna)
 
THE THEATER AN DER WIEN Colored engraving This is the place where the famous concert of December 22, 1808 took place. The first performances of the "Eroica," the "Fidelio" and the Violin Concerto had also been given here. ( Historical Museum of the City of Vienna)
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CONCERTO FOR PIANO, VIOLIN, VIOLONCELLO WITH THE ACCOMPANIMENT OF THE ORCHESTRA, C MAJOR, OPUS 56 Title page with dedication to Prince Lobkowitz The triple concerto was composed in 1803-04 and published in 1807 by the Bureau d'Arts et d'Industrie in Vienna. ( Society of Friends of Music, Vienna)
 
PIANO CONCERTO No. 4, G MAJOR, OPUS 58 Title page with dedication to Archduke Rudolf of Austria Composed in 1805-06, the concerto was played by Beethoven in March 1807 at a concert in the palace of Prince Lobkowitz and was published in 1808 by the Bureau d'Arts et d'Industrie in Vienna. ( Society of Friends of Music, Vienna)
 
FANTASY FOR PIANO, CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA, OPUS 80 Title page with dedication to Maximilian Josef, King of Bavaria The work, written in 1808, for the first time in musical history uses the human voice like an instrument and thereby provides a model for the Finale of the Ninth Symphony. The Fantasy was published by Breitkopf & Härtel in Leipzig in 1811. ( Society of Friends of Music, Vienna)
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