Symphony No. 10 (Beethoven/Cooper)

Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 10 in E♭ major is a hypothetical work, assembled in 1988 by Barry Cooper from Beethoven's fragmentary sketches for the first movement. All the sketches assembled were clearly intended for the same symphony, which would have followed the Ninth, since they appear together in several small groups, and there is consensus that Beethoven did intend to compose another symphony. Cooper's score was first performed at a concert given in 1988 by the Royal Philharmonic Society, London, to whom Beethoven himself had offered the new symphony in 1827. The score is published by Universal Edition, Vienna, and appeared in a new edition in 2013.[1] In 2019, artificial intelligence was used to reconstruct the third and fourth movements of the symphony, which premiered 9 October 2021, titled Beethoven X: The AI Project.[2]

  1. ^ von Beethoven, L.; Cooper, B. (2013). Symphonie Nr. 10, Erster Satz, vervollständigt von Barry Cooper [Symphony number 10, first part, completed by Barry Cooper] (score) (in German). Vienna, Austria: Universal Edition.
  2. ^ "Beethoven X – The AI Project". Magenta Musik 360 (Press release) (in German). Defunct-site access requires cookie permission. Archived from the original on 11 October 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
    "Erlebe Beethovens 10. Sinfonie – vollendet mit Hilfe Künstlicher Intelligenz und präsentiert vom Beethoven Orchester Bonn"
     
    ["Experience Beethoven's 10th Symphony – completed with the help of artificial intelligence and presented by the Bonn Beethoven Orchestra."]