Egmont, Op. 84

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Egmont, Op. 84 is Ludwig van Beethoven’s dramatic incidental music composed for Goethe’s tragedy "Egmont," renowned for its powerful overture and themes of resistance against oppression.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf concert overture
incidental music
associatedWith Austrian resistance to Napoleon
Napoleonic Wars era
linked to: Napoleonic Wars
basedOn Egmont (play)
basedOnAuthor Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
catalogueNumber Op. 84
commissionedBy Theater an der Wien
composer Ludwig van Beethoven
dateComposed 1809–1810
dedicatedTo Princess Maria von Lobkowitz
firstPerformanceVenue Burgtheater, Vienna
firstPerformanceYear 1810
genre incidental music
overture
hasTextBy Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
influenced later 19th-century programmatic overtures
key F minor
language German
movement Entr’acte I
Entr’acte II
linked to: Entr’acte I

Entr’acte III
Entr’acte IV
Entr’acte V
Lied (Die Trommel gerühret)
Melodrama I
Melodrama II
Overture
Siegessymphonie (Victory Symphony)
notablePart Egmont Overture
notableRecording Herbert von Karajan – Berlin Philharmonic (Egmont Overture)
Leonard Bernstein – Vienna Philharmonic (Egmont Overture)
opusNumber Op. 84
overtureApproximateDuration 8–9 minutes
overtureForm sonata form
overtureKey F minor
period Classical
placeComposed Vienna
scoring chorus
narrator
orchestra
solo voice
style Beethovenian heroic style
subjectMatter Count Egmont
Dutch resistance to Spanish rule
theme heroic sacrifice
resistance against oppression
workNumberInBeethovenOeuvre 84
yearCompleted 1810

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Egmont incidentalMusicTitle Egmont, Op. 84
Lamoral, Count of Egmont inspiredWork Egmont (Beethoven overture)
linked to: Egmont, Op. 84
Count Egmont notableAdaptation Egmont (Beethoven incidental music)
linked to: Egmont, Op. 84