Beethoven Die Ruinen Von Athen Op 113 Sheet Music SATB Chorus Kotzebue

Description: Die Ruinen von Athen, Op. 113 SATB Chorus - Vocal Score Chor-Bibliothek #3572 : For the August von Kotzebue Festival By L. van BeethovenBreitkpf & Härtel, 21 pages Condition as shown in photos. Slight shelf wear. Pencil markings throughout. August Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue (1761 – 1819) was a German dramatist and writer who also worked as a consul in Russia and Germany. In 1817, one of Kotzebue's books was burned during the Wartburg festival. He was murdered in 1819 by Karl Ludwig Sand, a militant member of the Burschenschaften. This murder gave Metternich the pretext to issue the Carlsbad Decrees of 1819, which dissolved the Burschenschaften, cracked down on the liberal press, and seriously restricted academic freedom in the states of the German Confederation. Though he was unfavourably reviewed by critics – many of whom saw his work as immoral – Kotzebue was one of the most popular writers of his time. In his essay "Why Do I Have So Many Enemies?", he blamed jealousy of his fame. He was politically conservative and cosmopolitan in outlook and spoke out against the antisemitism of student nationalists. He was approached in 1812 by Beethoven, who suggested that Kotzebue write the libretto for an opera about Attila, which was never written. Beethoven did, however, produce incidental music for two of Kotzebue's plays, The Ruins of Athens (Beethoven's opus 113) and King Stephen (opus 117). Beethoven's "Turkish March", originally written as part of the incidental music to von Kotzebue's The Ruins of Athens, became one of this composer's most well-known pieces. We are a small non-profit in Birmingham, Alabama.We sell donated sheet music and method books that we cannot use in our Scrollworks program at this time.All proceeds from our sales are used to provide instruction on orchestral instruments, piano and voice to children who otherwise would not have access, including children with disabilities.

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