Twelve Minuets, WoO 7, arr. for Piano, Hess 101

Twelve Minuets for Orchestra WoO 7, for Piano Hess 101 (1795). This piano version of these twelve minuets, like Hess 100, is contemporary with the orchestral version, which was commissioned for the winter 1795 balls held in the small Redoutensaal of the Hofburg palace in Vienna.

Hofburg Feststiege

Only this piano version and a version for 2 violins and bass were published during Beethoven's lifetime (Artaria, 1795). The twelve minuets are mostly in a regular form of two parts of eight measures each, and a trio in two parts of eight measures each. However, Nr. 10 includes a more elaborate structure in the trio, with echo effects indicated in the score.

WoO: 7
Hess: 101

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