beethoven Archives • JohnKuvinka.com https://johnkuvinka.com/tag/beethoven/ An Official Website Mon, 14 May 2018 23:49:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://johnkuvinka.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/cropped-Bigger-K-32x32.png beethoven Archives • JohnKuvinka.com https://johnkuvinka.com/tag/beethoven/ 32 32 Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis https://johnkuvinka.com/beethovens-missa-solemnis/ Wed, 11 Sep 2013 22:48:19 +0000 http://johnkuvinka.com/?p=93 The Solemn Mass was one of Beethoven’s favorite compositions of his own. It was written from 1819 to 1823, around the time of his Symphony No. 9, and was premiered in St. Petersburg on April 7th, 1824. The work was dedicated to Archduke Rudolph of Austria, in light of his new appointment as Archbishop of Olmütz. Rudolph was a friend and student of Beethoven to […]

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]]> Beethoven’s Violin Concerto https://johnkuvinka.com/beethovens-violin-concerto/ Wed, 11 Sep 2013 22:45:45 +0000 http://johnkuvinka.com/?p=90 The only published violin concerto written by Beethoven, this piece says all that can be said by the violin and the orchestra, so what’s the need for more than one? The concerto was written in 1806 and premiered in Vienna on December 23rd of the same year, being dedicated to a skilled violinist of the time, Franz Clement. Although it was not well received, the […]

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