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Twelve Contredanses, WoO 14

1802 · Hess 102 · Biamonti 314

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Total duration: 7'

These are piano versions of orchestral dances. The orchestral version has twelve dances; six were arranged for piano and published in Beethoven’s lifetime (nos. 8, 7, 4, 10, 9 and 1, in this ordering), and three more were also arranged for piano but not published (nos. 2, 5 and 12). The other three dances (nos. 3, 6 and 11) were apparently never arranged for piano. All nine of the arrangements are possibly spurious.

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1. C major

This arrangement is the sixth of the published collection.

Duration: 0' 30"

Difficulty: 1.5

Twelve Contredanses, WoO 14; 1. C major

2. A major

Duration: 0' 30"

Difficulty: 1.5

Twelve Contredanses, WoO 14; 2. A major

4. B-flat major

This arrangement is the third of the published collection.

Duration: 0' 30"

Difficulty: 1.5

Twelve Contredanses, WoO 14; 4. B-flat major

5. E-flat major

Duration: 1'

Difficulty: 1.5

Twelve Contredanses, WoO 14; 5. E-flat major Twelve Contredanses, WoO 14; 5. E-flat major

7. E-flat major

This arrangement is the second of the published collection. Beethoven used the same theme in the variations and fugue in E-flat major, op. 35, the finale of the ballet Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus (op. 43), and the finale of the symphony no. 3 (op. 55).

Duration: 0' 30"

Difficulty: 1.5

Twelve Contredanses, WoO 14; 7. E-flat major

8. C major

This arrangement is the first of the published collection.

Duration: 0' 30"

Difficulty: 2

Twelve Contredanses, WoO 14; 8. C major

9. A major

This arrangement is the fifth of the published collection.

Duration: 0' 30"

Difficulty: 1.5

Twelve Contredanses, WoO 14; 9. A major

10. C major

This arrangement is the fourth of the published collection.

Duration: 1'

Difficulty: 2

Twelve Contredanses, WoO 14; 10. C major Twelve Contredanses, WoO 14; 10. C major

12. E-flat major

Duration: 2'

Difficulty: 2

Twelve Contredanses, WoO 14; 12. E-flat major Twelve Contredanses, WoO 14; 12. E-flat major

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