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Beethoven – Ecossaises, WoO 83 and 86 – Piano

• Publisher: G. Henle Verlag
• Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
• Editor: Robert Forster
• Format: Softcover
• Length: 10 p.

• In his many Ecossaises for piano, Ludwig van Beethoven proves that he could write vivacious dance music. The “ecossaise”, originally a Scottish country dance, was very popular in a more developed form in early 19th century salons. As a stylised dance it principally appeared in the piano repertoire of Franz Schubert and Frederic Chopin as well as Beethoven. G. Henle Publishers here present a carefully revised Urtext edition of the six Ecossaises WoO 83 and the Ecossaise WoO 86 in E flat major. These stylized, animated contredances delight through their miniature structure and their variously fashioned bipartite form. They are of moderate difficulty.