Concerto No. 1 [antikvár]

BEETHOVEN, PIANO CONCERTO N2. 1, C MAJOR, OP. 15 Beethoven's first concerto, published in parts only by T. Mollo ft Co. of Vienna, (and called op. 15) in March 1801 is in reality his third concerto. The first was a youthful work in Eflai dating from the year 1784, and only published in 1890, the origin of the second, published as the second at the end of 1801, and called op. 19*). The C major concerto op. 15 received its final form in Vienna, in the year 1798, and appears to have been planned even earlier. It was first played by the composer in Prague (1798), then in Vienna (April 2nd 1800) and from manuscript. In a letter to Breitkopf Härtel, the Leipzig publishers, Beethoven styles the concerto as not the best of its kind he had composed, and adds : "Good musical policy demands that one should wiih-hold the best concertos tor a while." The original edition bears the following title: Grand Concert pour le Forte Piano avec deux Violons, deux Alto, Basso et Violoncelle, deux Flutes, deux Oboe, deux Clarinettes, deux Bassons, deux Trompettes et Timballes, composé et dédié a Son Altesse Madame la Princesse Odescalchi née Comtesse Keglevicz par Louis van Beethoven, Oeuvre 16 i Vienne chez T. Mollo et Comp. (Edition Nr. 153 NA 1107). The first edition of the score, not too well printed, was undertaken by Ph. Fr. Dunst, but not until the end of 1834, and another shortly afterwards by Tobias Haslinger of Vienna. Other full scores then appeared in the Peters Edition of Leipzig (1861) and Breitkopf ft Hirtel (1862, in the Complete Edition of Beethoven's Works), and finally, in 1922, the Ernst Eulenburg Miniature Score, now reprinted with the accompanying remarks. The original manuscript, in which, according to Beethoven's habit, the solo part is not fully carried out, but left for completion at the time of publication, is to be found in the musical section of the Prussian State Library, Berlia. Wilh. Altmann *) The Concerto in D, published by Guido Adter in 1890 is not an early work ot Beethoven's, but more probably emanateji from Josef ROsler (op. 15).