Turkish March (Beethoven)

The Turkish March (Marcia alla turca) is a well-known classical march theme by Ludwig van Beethoven. It was written in the Turkish style popular in music of the time. The theme was written by Beethoven for the Six variations, Op. 76, of 1809.[1] And later in 1811 Beethoven wrote incidental music to a play by August von Kotzebue called The Ruins of Athens (Op. 113), which premiered in Budapest, Hungary in 1812 which included the Turkish March.[2]

This article is about the classical piece by Beethoven. For the third movement of Sonata No. 11 ("Turkish March") by Mozart, see Piano Sonata No. 11 (Mozart).

The march is in B-flat major, tempo vivace and 2
4 time.[3] Its dynamic scheme is highly suggestive of a procession passing by, starting out pianissimo, poco a poco rising to a fortissimo climax and then receding back to pianissimo by the coda. Unlike much of Beethoven's other orchestral music, the woodwinds are the dominant voice rather than the strings.

Franz Liszt wrote a version for piano and orchestra in 1837 entitled "Fantasie über Motiven aus Beethovens Ruinen von Athen" (S. 122). He also wrote a piano transcription in 1846, titled "Capriccio alla turca sur des motifs de Beethoven" (S. 388). Anton Rubinstein arranged a popular piano version of the march in B♭ major.[4] Sergei Rachmaninoff further arranged Rubinstein's version, heard on piano roll (1928).

An electronic version known as The Elephant Never Forgets by electronic music pioneer Jean-Jacques Perrey was used as theme for the series El Chavo del Ocho broadcast on Mexican television in 1971.[5]

References
  1. México, Escrito por: Música en México Redacción Música en México tiene la misión de promover la música clásica-y la música nueva – en; Mundo, Y. De Dar a Conocer Una Selección De Las Actividades Musicales En El Resto Del (13 September 2020). "Variaciones para piano op. 76 y op. 120 sobre un tema de Diabelli". Música en México (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  2. "¿Cuál fue la relación de Beethoven con Chespirito?". www.milenio.com (in Spanish). 29 November 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  3. "La Marcha Turca de Las Ruinas de Atenas (Beethoven)". May 26, 2015.
  4. Alexander Shealy (1970). Beethoven: His Greatest Piano Solos, Volume 1. Copa Publishing Co; Ashley Publications, Inc. pp. 44–47. ISBN 0-8256-5137-9.
  5. Frajman, Eduardo (March 17, 2017). "Jean Jacques Perrey: He Helped Shape the Latin American Imagination, and Didn't Even Know It!". LemonWire. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
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