Beethoven, Ludwig van: Clarinet Trios B flat major op. 11 and E flat major op. 38 for Piano, Clarinet (or Violin) and Violoncello

Edited by Friedhelm Klugmann – Raphael, Günter
Setting: Piano Trio (piano, violin, violoncello), Mixed Chamber Trio
Period: Classic
Length: 114 pages
Weight: 0.484 kg
Publisher: G. Henle Verlag
Item number: HN0342
Other reference: HN0342-5
ISMN: 9790201803425
Beethoven composed his Clarinet Trios op. 11 and 38 in 1798 and 1802/03. The op. 11 was given the nickname ''Gassenhauer Trio'' because its third movement is a set of variations on a theme from Joseph Weigl's opera L'amor marinaro (''Gassenhauer'' means a ''popular song''). Playing with many possibilities in these nine variations, Beethoven sometimes lets the piano appear alone, and sometimes has it rest. In places the mood is that of a sort of funeral march, and there are harmonic and rhythmic surprises throughout.
The op. 38 ''Grand Trio'', the later of the two, was a reworking by Beethoven himself of his op. 20 Septet. He provided - as also in the case of op. 11 - an alternative violin part, in order to give the work broader distribution and thus greater popularity. The violin parts are likewise included with our Urtext edition, which - just as back then- makes it doubly valuable.

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