CCCLIX. BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
Hol' euch der Teufel! B'hüt' euch Gott!, WoO 173 (1819)
Kammerchor der Berliner Singakademie
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Devil take you! God protect you!
Beethoven was fond of canons. The theme of the Late Quartet in F, Op. 135 is based on one (see Post CCLXVI) ...
Beethoven was not fond of most of his publishers. Sigmund Anton Steiner was the recipient of this slightly nasty one.
In any case, Beethoven wrote out the first voice and challenged anyone to properly place the second.
It seems that Czerny provided the elusive answer to the puzzle! The second voice enters on the second. (Most canons answer on the fourth or fifth.)
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