Saturday, August 10, 2013

Die Ruinen von Athen


The Complete Incidental Music Berlin Symphony Hans Schonzeler The Ruins of Athens (Die Ruinen von Athen), Opus 113, is a set of incidental music pieces, written in 1811 by Ludwig van Beethoven. The music was written to accompany the play by August von Kotzebue. A second overture was written in 1822 for the same play. It was composed especially for the reopening of Vienna's Theater in der Josefstadt in 1822. The second overture is now known as The Consecration of the House (Die Weihe der Hauses).Perhaps the best-known music from The Ruins of Athens is the Overture and Turkish March, a theme that even many are familiar with. The overture and the Turkish March are often performed separately. Another of Beethoven's compositions, Six variations on an original theme, Op. 76, uses the Turkish March as its theme. The music for The Ruins of Athens was reworked in 1924 by Richard Strauss. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUPAf7eEo0o&feature=share&list=PL4s5wS1PQ0XlQ7Po08qO5umSCLAjYozlG http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX3nWbeSqx8&feature=share&list=PL4s5wS1PQ0XlQ7Po08qO5umSCLAjYozlG http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31UGuN6eWKs&feature=share&list=PL4s5wS1PQ0XlQ7Po08qO5umSCLAjYozlG http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BGVOMxDrQU&feature=share&list=PL4s5wS1PQ0XlQ7Po08qO5umSCLAjYozlG

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