Various Artists - Ludwig van Beethoven: Chamber Music - Piano Quartet in E flat major, Six German Dances

In his first decade in Vienna, Beethoven seems to have been preoccupied with music for wind instruments. The best-known example is his Quintet in E flat major, Op. 16, which he arranged at the same time for piano quartet. He also wrote music for dances and settings of folk songs, and reflected the public�s interest in automata by writing for musical clock. The Napoleonic wars were mirrored in Beethoven�s music of the period, especially in his military compositions such as a series of Marches and the Equali, scored for trombones, which were later played at his funeral.