7 Bagatelles, Op.33
Bagatelle · Op. 33
Ludwig van Beethoven 1770–1827
Bagatelle
Form
Op. 33
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Themes & character
Early character pieces·Wide-ranging moods·Published 1803·Accessible Beethoven
At a glance
- Catalogue
- Op. 33
- Form
- Bagatelle
About the piece
Seven short character pieces published in 1803, though some may have been sketched considerably earlier. The bagatelle, literally a trifle, gave Beethoven a place for musical ideas too brief or too odd to sustain a sonata.
The set ranges widely, from a genial opening in E♭ major to sharply comic and dance-like numbers, and offers some of the most approachable music in his catalogue for pianists not yet ready for the sonatas.
The composer
Ludwig van Beethoven
1770–1827
Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer, conductor, and pianist. Regarded as one of the greatest composers in the history of Western music, he was mentored during the Classical period, and his musical style was a key driver of the transition to Romantic music, and the expansion of instrumental forms such as the symphony, the piano sonata and the string quartet. His compositions have attracted extraordinary casual and scholarly interest, and remain among the most performed in the world.
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