Scoring: Soli/Coro SATB, 2 Fl, 2 Ob, 2 Clt, 2 Fg, 2 Cor, 2 Vl, Va, Vc, Cb

Already during lifetime, Ludwig van Beethoven became so revered that other musicians arranged his music – mostly the popular instrumental works – for choir. The composer may even have known some of these versions. After his death, there came a veritable tsunami of arrangements, reaching its peak in the 1830s.

The present work by the composer and Kapellmeister Gottlob Benedict Bierey (1772-1840) dates from this pe...