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Contre-Tanze (Country Dance) No.3 (adapted Seiss)
Beethoven wrote 12 Country Dances WoO14 for orchestra .
They are all quite short: some have trios.
They are probably better known as a set of 3 piano pieces called Contre-Tanzes which are noted "frei bearbeitet von Isidor Wilhelm Seiss" (freely adapted by Isidor Wilhelm Seiss)
Isidor Seiss (23 December 1840 25 September 1905) was a German composer, conductor, pianist, piano pedagogue and philanthropist.
They have a "romantic feel" to them.
Each one of Seiss's 3 country dances are made up of extracts (or the complete dance) from 3 of Beethoven's. In some cases he uses only the trio, other times he uses the first or second 8 bars. Extracts are also transposed when needed to fit the home key of the piece.
My arrangement is based on the musical layout of Seiss's Dance Number 3 which utilises Beethoven's as follows: No. 6, No. 10 (2nd part) and the trio from No.12 with a reprise of Not. 6 and 10
Seiss freely adapts Beethoven's melodies and chordal structure.
I have used Beethoven's original orchestration as a guide to give a more authentic classical sound.
The horn part is for a natural horn in C basso.
It should be performed as written, with repeats.
I have ignored the coda from Seiss's arrangement.
The other dances Not 1 and 2 as arranged by Seiss are also available
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