Sentence:  Beethoven at first promised Schuppanzigh the right to <WSD>premier</WSD> Opus 127, but Linke, cellist in Schuppanzigh′s Quartet, had also received Beethoven′s permission to <WSD>premier</WSD> the work at a special benefit concert for himself. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To perform, display or exhibit for the first time.