Rage Over a Lost Penny

The "Rondo a capriccio" in G major, Op. 129, (original full title: "Rondo alla ingharese quasi un capriccio")cite web|url = http://www.beethoven-haus-bonn.de/sixcms/detail.php?id=5099&template=werkseite_digitales_archiv_en&_eid=5057&_ug=Pieces%20for%20two%20hands&_werkid=131&_mid=Works%20by%20Ludwig%20van%20Beethoven&_seite=1
title = Rondo a capriccio für Klavier (G-Dur) op. 129
accessdate = 2008-08-13
last = Ronge
first = Julia
publisher = Beethoven-Haus, Bonn] is a piano rondo by Ludwig van Beethoven often called "The Rage Over the Lost Penny" (or "Rage Over a Lost Penny") (from Lang-de|Die Wut über den verlorenen Groschen). This nickname was not Beethoven's own, and this work was first published after Beethoven's death.

Despite the late opus number, this piece dates from 1795 when Beethoven was 25 years old. It was left incomplete by Beethoven and subsequently finished by the publisher Anton Diabelli who also gave the work its popular title.

Although not considered one of Beethoven's greatest piano works, the "Rage Over the Lost Penny" is a favourite with audiences and frequently performed.Fact|date=November 2007

The performance time is just under six minutes; the tempo of the piece is Allegro vivace (Music|crotchet = 132–160).

Sources

*Barry Cooper, gen. ed., "The Beethoven Compendium," Ann Arbor, MI: Borders Press, 1991, p. 247. ISBN 0-681-07558-9.

External links

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* Evgeny Kissin plays [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqDj5186hUk&mode=related&search=| Rage Over a Lost Penny]
* Orchestral arrangement, performed on a Yamaha Tyros2 arranger keyboard [http://www.thelonearrangers.com/share-your-cover-songs/244-rage-over-lost-penny.html=| Rage Over a Lost Penny]