Thut Auf, Biamonti 752 (1820)Download the midi fileHaving trouble downloading? Try these helpful hintsPiece Overview Detailed Information This short song (identified by Nottebohm and Biamonti as a canon) is found at page 75 of the Artaria 195 sketchbook amongst much sketch material for the Missa Solemnis, op. 123 and the piano sonata op. 109. The phrase "Thut auf" (Open up) is the sole phrase written into what appears to have been intended as a vocal piece of some kind. Dr. William Kinderman, in his commentary on the Artaria 195 sketchbook, notes that "in its character and intervallic structure, employing the falling third E-C within a larger descending progression, it bears a faint similarity to the beginning of the fugato in the finale of the Piano Sonata in A Major, op. 101." It does not appear to be a strict canon, but lends itself to repetition in perpetuum. We have here repeated it only once, lest an infinitely large midi file overwhelm our server. About the Project | Search the Works | "Seldom Heard" Beethoven | Our Links | Contributions
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