Trio with piano n° 7 of Beethoven

The Trio with piano n° 7 in major B flat , opus 97, of Ludwig van Beethoven, is a Trio for Piano, Violon and Violoncelle in four movements made up in 1811 and published in 1816 with a dedication with the Rodolphe archduke of Austria, from where its current name of Trio to the Archduke .

The Rodolphe Archduke was youngest wire of the emperor Léopold II of Austria. He was the pupil of Beethoven of which there remained a friend and faithful guard, in particular inviting it to remain in Vienna in 1809 whereas the type-setter planned to leave to the court Westphalia.

The Trio with the Archduke is most famous of the trios of Beethoven. Its two years composition, posterior to that of the Trio n° 6 opus 70, was contemporary among that of the Seventh symphony . He was written in less than one month, in March 1811. Its creation on April 11th 1814, with Schuppanzigh with the violin, gave place to the one of last public appearances of Beethoven as interprets (with the piano), whereas its deafness was almost total.

The initial topics of the first two movements are very close to those already used by Beethoven in the corresponding movements of sound Seventh Quartet opus 59 n° 1.

It comprises four movements and its execution time approaches the 40 minutes:

  1. Allegro moderato
  2. Scherzo (Allegro) & Trio
  3. Andante cantabile
  4. Allegro moderato

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