It is hard to believe that all of the five works included in this edition were previously unknown to musicians. So there are in fact unknown works by Beethoven for singers to discover! The five short vocal works for several voices are ideally meant to be sung by soloists accompanied by piano obbligato. There are three Serenades (Nos. 1–3) and two original arrangements of extremely well-known choral compositions, namely the “Bundeslied” op. 122 and the “Opferlied” op. 121b.
Contents
Cantata campestre WoO 103
Auf Freunde, singt dem Gott der Ehen (first version) WoO 105
Es lebe unser teurer Fürst WoO 106
Bundeslied op. 122
Opferlied op. 121b
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(Songs for several voices with Piano, partly for choir)