Klarinet Archive - Posting 000288.txt from 2001/11

From: "Lacy, Edwin" <el2@-----.edu>
Subj: [kl] RE: "Yes We Have No Bananas," Beethoven, etc.
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 15:05:50 -0500

Even though I had a hard time getting anyone to agree that the Choral
Symphony is a "better" work than Wellington's Victory, I'm going to go ahead
and try to advance the conversation. I'd like to hear comments about the
relative merits or the Choral Symphony and the "Choral Fantasia," another of
Beethoven's less played works.

Both require similar forces: symphony orchestra, chorus and soloists. In
addition, the Choral Fantasia has a prominent solo part for piano. Both are
in D Major. (I know the 9th Symphony is in D Minor, but the finale is in
major.) Both are in duple meter. Even the principal melodies have a great
deal in common.

I hope some list members who know both works will comment on any comparisons
they may have regarding these two works.

Ed Lacy
EL2@-----.edu

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