Remembering companions who have left us...
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Andy S. Jonas |
Jay Hornstein |
Orlando F. Ulacia |
-- Mary Elizabeth Frye
The musical piece played on this page is the 2nd movement, known as; "Adagio un poco mosso", from Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73,. Also known as the "Emperor Concerto", it was his last piano concerto, written in Vienna between 1809 and 1811, and dedicated to Archduke Rudolf, his patron and pupil. Beethoven first performed the Emperor on November 28, 1811, at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig and this would also be his last public performance due to increasing deafness. The movement is 8:30 in length. If you prefer not to hear it, you may stop the music with the control above this paragraph.