Wieprecht, Festmarsch on Themes of Beethoven's E-flat Piano Concerto

WILHELM WIEPRECHT Festmarsch on Themes of Beethoven's E-flat Piano Concerto Modern edition by David Whitwell www.maximesmusic.com Wieprecht (1802–1872) certainly personified the growth and development of military music in Germany during the first half of the nineteenth century and in his desire to improve the repertoire of the military band, he composed a large number of original compositions, not to mention numerous arrangements, for his concerts in Berlin. While Wieprechts Marsch on Themes of Beethovens Eb Major Piano Concerto is an original composition, it does remind one that before mid-nineteenth century many citizens first heard the music of Beethoven in arrangements for military band. David Whitwell