Ludwig Van Beethoven - In Questa Tomba Oscura - WoO 133 - A Score for Voice and Piano: With a Biography by Joseph Otten

In questa tomba oscura, WoO133, is the result of a musical challenge issued in 1807-1808, when composers were invited to set the poem by Giuseppe Carpani (1752-1825), an Italian poet resident in Vienna. Sixty-three composers obliged, but Beethoven’s setting is the most memorable and favoured version. Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827) was a seminal German composer. He had a significant influence on the transition from the Classical to the Romantic era of music, and to this day he is conside...