Written in 1795, Ludwig van Beethoven�s (1770 � 1827) O welch ein Leben! Ein ganzes Meer for tenor and ensemble is a setting of the libretto from Austrian composer Ignaz Umlauf�s 1778 singspeil �Die sch�ne Schusterin�. This work is part of a two-movement set of arias written by Beethoven to be inserted into the 1795 revival of �Die sch�ne Schusterin.� Instrumentation: 1.2.0.2: 2.0.0.0: Str (4-4-3-3-3 in set): Solo Tenor.