Lesser Known Schubert Connections with Beethoven and his Music
1. D.189 Schubert's song 'An die Freude' -(Schiller)- composed by him in May 1815 and first published after Schubert's death by Czerny in Vienna in February 1829. (Beethoven had of course been occupied with this same poem even earlier).
2. Schubert's '5 German Dances for Piano' Op.9, X11, nos 1-4 - composed not later than 1816.
(a) One of these 5 dances became famous in Vienna during Schubert's lifetime though it was frequently mistakenly attributed to Beethoven.
(b) A so-called 'Sehnsuchts Walzer' published by Schott at Mainz in August 1826 and wrongly attributed to Beethoven on the strength of the above error was in fact a composite of one of the dances from the same above Schubert work and H. Himmel's 'Favorite-Walzer'
D.718 'Variation in C Minor on Diabelli Waltz'. Composed by Schubert in March 1821 and first published by Diabelli June 1824 as no.38 of 50 Variations. Used even earlier by Beethoven in his own Op.120
D.954 'Glaube, Hoffnung und Liebe' - Chorus written by Schubert in August 1828 shortly before the composer's death. (Written for dedication of a recast bell at the restored Minorite church in the Alsergrund suburb of Vienna - where Beethoven's remains had been blessed during his funeral the year before). The text of this Schubert chorus was published the following month and he also produced a song version in the same month.
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2. Schubert's '5 German Dances for Piano' Op.9, X11, nos 1-4 - composed not later than 1816.
(a) One of these 5 dances became famous in Vienna during Schubert's lifetime though it was frequently mistakenly attributed to Beethoven.
(b) A so-called 'Sehnsuchts Walzer' published by Schott at Mainz in August 1826 and wrongly attributed to Beethoven on the strength of the above error was in fact a composite of one of the dances from the same above Schubert work and H. Himmel's 'Favorite-Walzer'
D.718 'Variation in C Minor on Diabelli Waltz'. Composed by Schubert in March 1821 and first published by Diabelli June 1824 as no.38 of 50 Variations. Used even earlier by Beethoven in his own Op.120
D.954 'Glaube, Hoffnung und Liebe' - Chorus written by Schubert in August 1828 shortly before the composer's death. (Written for dedication of a recast bell at the restored Minorite church in the Alsergrund suburb of Vienna - where Beethoven's remains had been blessed during his funeral the year before). The text of this Schubert chorus was published the following month and he also produced a song version in the same month.
[This message has been edited by robert newman (edited 09-15-2006).]
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