Works cited

Works Cited

Bebert. Adagio. 22 Mar. 2015.

Empress of France Josephine Bonaparte. N.d. N.p.

Homeman, Christian. Beethoven in 1803. 1803. N.p.

Le Retour Du Zephir. 1808. Library Catalouge. Web. 11 Dec. 2015. <http://search.library.utoronto.ca/details?1137880&uuid=d145dad4-3504-4d77-b743-32013726c61d>.

Parouty, Michel. The Salle Feydeau as the Opera Comique. 1802. N.p.

Piano Concerto No.2 in E Minor. 1810. IMSLP. Web. 11 Dec. 2015. <http://imslp.org/wiki/Piano_Concerto_No.2_in_E_minor_(Steibelt,_Daniel)>.

Piano Sonata in E- Flat Major, Op.45. 1799. IMSLP. Web. 11 Dec. 2015. <http://imslp.org/wiki/Piano_Sonata_in_E-flat_major,_Op.45_(Steibelt,_Daniel)>.

Quenedey, Edme. Portrait of Daniel Steibelt. N.d. N.p.

Romeo Et Juliette, Opera En Trois Actes, En Prose. 1793. Unt Digital Library. Web. 11 Dec. 2015. <http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc49/>.

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My Musical Nemeses- Beethoven

I cringe showing you this picture. This is Ludwig Von Beethoven. He is the one who stole my fame, dignity and partially, my music.I challenged Beethoven in a playoff in 1800. During the playoff he took a section of one of my pieces for the cello. Not only did he improvise, but he played it with the music upside down!

Theatre Feydeau

The Theatre Feydeau was founded at the height of my career in 1789. This was accomplished with the help of Monsieur Comte de Provence. He later became Louis XVIII. I presented my version of Romeo and Juliet here in 1793. This Opera brought me great fame.

Le retour du Zephir

I published this piece in 1802. It was performed at the Paris Opera on March 3 of that year. It was a Ballet for piano and included an accompaniment for Violin and Tambourine. It is important to know that classical Ballet as you know it in your time came out of the Paris Opera during this time. A nd the building where it all began still stands as the Opera National de Paris.

Josphine Bonoparte

The is a portrait of the beautiful Josephine Bonaparte. I created a piece in honor of her. When her husband Napoleon was on his way to Paris, he suffered a bomb attack. I then wrote my Sonata in E Flat Major and dedicated it to Josephine. This was one of my most accomplished Sonatas.

St Petersburg, Russia in 1810

This is the gorgeous city of St. Petersburg, Russia in 1810. I was called by Tsar Alexander to St. Petersburg to become the Director of the Royal Opera there in 1811. I stayed in St. Petersburg for the rest of my life.  Some my compositions while living there consisted of the destruction of Moscow which I wrote to pay tribute to the Russian nation.   I then continued working on Concerto 8 and that was opened on March 16, 1820.

Adagio

Adagio was one of the three parts I told you about in my Sonata in E Flat Major. The word Adagio means at a slow tempo . To be specific Adagio is slower than Andante but faster than Leghetto. In this peice I use a variety of eighth notes. It is a simple peice and it flows gently.

Piano Sonata in E Flat Major

I composed this Sonata for the piano. It was written to be performed with a flute and/or violin accompaniment. It has three movements 1) Allegro Maestose 2) Adagio and 3) Rondo:Allegretto.
I composed this piece in 1799 to honor the beautiful Josephine Bonaparte. I wrote this Sonata after husband Napoleon narrowly escaped a bomb attack on his way to Paris. I thought this would make her smile in a difficult time.

Romeo and Juliet Score

My best accomplishments were master operas. My prospective opera Romeo and Juliet was seen by Hector Berlioz in Paris. Later it was produced in the Theatre Feydeau. In 1817,  I reexamined Romeo and Juliet again. This Opera was performed 30 year after it opened, in New Orleans, Moscow. I would say this Opera was my most ingenious and creative composition of all.

Concerto No. 8

I composed this Concerto in 1798, though it wasn't premiered until March 16, 1820. I actually had stopped performing years earlier in 1814, but came back to conduct Concerto No. 8. This piece was recognized for the big choral finale. It was one of the first piano Concertos ever written with a part for the choir.

Portrait of Me

This is a portrait of me as a young musician. It is an etching by Edme Quenedey. He was a french painter and engraver who was known for doing miniatures. When the physionotrace was invented he began to use that to create portraits. He did portraits of other musicians like me including composer Pierre Gaveux.