Die Ruinen von Athen, Op. 113 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)

Title Die Ruinen von Athen ; The Ruins of Athens
Creators Ludwig van Beethoven, composer
August von Kotzebue, librettist
Opus Op.113 (and 114)
Instrumentation soprano, 2 basses, mixed chorus and orchestra
Number of movements 9
Keys
Composed 1811
First published 1816
Dedication
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Metronome markings
Time signatures
Average duration (sec) 3600
Number of measures
Composition types Incidental music
Language German
Period Classical
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Arrangements

Details Section Arranged for Arranger
View Overture theater orchestra
View Overture 2 piano 8 hands August Horn
View Overture piano 4 hands Richard Kleinmichel
View Overture piano 4 hands
View Overture piano Jan Brandts Buys
View Overture violin and piano Leopold Auer
View Overture piano Camille Saint-Saëns
View Marcia alla turca (No.4) wind band Michel Rondeau
View Marcia alla turca (No.4) 2 violins, viola and cello
View Marcia alla turca (No.4) violin and piano Leopold Auer
View Marcia alla turca (No.4) violin and piano Károly Thern
View Marcia alla turca (No.4) piano Alexander Borovsky
View Marcia alla turca (No.4) piano Louis Gobbaerts
View Marcia alla turca (No.4) piano Anton Rubinstein
View Marcia alla turca (No.4) piano
View March with Chorus: Schmückt die Altare (No.6) 2 piano 8 hands Carl Burchard
View March with Chorus: Schmückt die Altare (No.6) piano Ignaz Tedesco

Scores

Details Section Type Publisher Date File (click to view)
View Complete Artaria 1812 Complete Score
View Complete Breitkopf und Härtel 1864 Complete Score (grayscale)
Complete Score (black and white)
View Complete Breitkopf und Härtel Complete Score
View Overture Tobias Haslinger 1816 Complete Score
View Overture Breitkopf und Härtel 1864 Complete Score
View Overture Edition Peters Complete Score
View Overture E. Donajowski Complete Score (miniature score)
View Overture Complete Score
View Marcia alla turca (No.4) Breitkopf und Härtel 1864 Complete Score
View March with Chorus: Schmückt die Altare, Op.114 (later edition of No.6 with added text and choral parts) Tobias Haslinger 1826 Complete Score
View March with Chorus: Schmückt die Altare, Op.114 (later edition of No.6 with added text and choral parts) Tobias Haslinger 1826 Complete Score
View March with Chorus: Schmückt die Altare, Op.114 (later edition of No.6 with added text and choral parts) Breitkopf und Härtel 1864 Complete Score (grayscale)
Complete Score (black and white)
View Complete parts Breitkopf und Härtel 1864 Cover
Flute 1, 2
Clarinet 1, 2 (B/C/A)
Horn 1, 2 (G/E/B/C/F/A)
Trumpet 1, 2 (C/B/E/D)
Timpani
Violins I
Violins II
Violas
View Complete parts Breitkopf und Härtel Flute 1, 2
Oboe 1, 2
Clarinet 1, 2
Bassoon 1, 2
Horn 1, 2, 3, 4
Trumpet 1, 2
Trombone 1, 2, 3
Timpani
Bass Drum, Cymbals, Triangle
Violins I
Violins II
Violas
Cellos/Basses
View Overture parts Richault Cover
Flute 1, 2
Oboe 1, 2
Clarinet 1, 2 (B)
Bassoon 1, 2
Horn 1/2 (D), 3 (G), 4 (G)
Trumpet 1, 2 (C)
Timpani
Violins I
Violins II
Violas
Cellos/Basses
View Overture parts Breitkopf und Härtel Flute 1, 2
Oboe 1, 2
Clarinet 1, 2 (B)
Bassoon 1, 2
Horn 1, 2 (in G), 3, 4 (in D)
Trumpet 1, 2 (in C)
Timpani
Violins I
Violins II
Violas
Cellos/Basses
View Overture parts Horn I, II
View Marcia alla turca (No.4) parts Breitkopf und Härtel Piccolo
Oboe 1, 2
Clarinet 1, 2 (B)
Bassoon 1, 2, Contrabassoon
Horn 1, 2 (in B)
Trumpet 1, 2 (in B)
Bass Drum, Triangle
Violins I
Violins II
Violas
Cello
Basses
View Complete vocal score Böhme Complete Score
View Complete vocal score Escudier Complete Score
View Complete vocal score Novello Complete Score
View Complete vocal score Novello Complete Score
View Complete vocal score Breitkopf und Härtel Choral Score
View Overture Arrangement for theater orchestra Anton J. Benjamin Complete Score and Parts
View Overture Arrangement for 2 piano 8 hands
by August Horn
Breitkopf und Härtel Piano 1
Piano 2
View Overture Arrangement for piano 4 hands
by Richard Kleinmichel
Edition Peters Complete Score
View Overture Arrangement for piano 4 hands Breitkopf und Härtel Complete Score
View Overture Arrangement for piano
by Jan Brandts Buys
Universal Edition Complete Score
View Overture Arrangement for violin and piano
by Leopold Auer
Carl Fischer 1916 Complete Score
Violin Part
View Overture Arrangement for piano
by Camille Saint-Saëns
Durand 1872 Complete Score (Choeur des Derviches Tourneurs)
Complete Score (Choeur des Derviches Tourneurs)
View Marcia alla turca (No.4) Arrangement for wind band
by Michel Rondeau
Complete Score
Complete Parts
Engraving files (Finale)
View Marcia alla turca (No.4) Arrangement for 2 violins, viola and cello Complete Score and Parts
View Marcia alla turca (No.4) Arrangement for violin and piano
by Leopold Auer
Carl Fischer 1916 Complete Score and Violin Part
View Marcia alla turca (No.4) Arrangement for violin and piano
by Károly Thern
Schirmer 1904 Piano 1
Piano 2
Color Cover
View Marcia alla turca (No.4) Arrangement for piano
by Alexander Borovsky
Hansen 1947 Complete Score
View Marcia alla turca (No.4) Arrangement for piano
by Louis Gobbaerts
Complete Score
View Marcia alla turca (No.4) Arrangement for piano
by Anton Rubinstein
Complete Score
View Marcia alla turca (No.4) Arrangement for piano
by Anton Rubinstein
Schirmer 1917 Complete Score
View Marcia alla turca (No.4) Arrangement for piano Tobias Haslinger 1823 Complete Score (300 dpi)
View Marcia alla turca (No.4) Arrangement for piano Curci 1940 Complete Score
View March with Chorus: Schmückt die Altare (No.6) Arrangement for 2 piano 8 hands
by Carl Burchard
Breitkopf und Härtel Piano 1
Piano 2
View March with Chorus: Schmückt die Altare (No.6) Arrangement for piano
by Ignaz Tedesco
Julius Hainauer Complete Score (300 dpi)

Recordings/Performances

DetailsTypeSectionEnsemblePerformersArranged forFiles (click to listen)
View Orquestra Sinfônica Municipal de São Paulo (orchestra) Camargo Guarnieri, conductor Overture
View Joseph Keilberth, conductor Overture
4. Marcia alla turca. Vivace
View Charles Gerhardt, conductor 4. Marcia alla turca. Vivace
View Synthesized Marcia alla turca (No.4) For Wind Band (Rondeau) Virtual Performance (T.M.)
Virtual Performance (T.M.)


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