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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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