Concertos for Winds, Opp.83-90 (Schneider, Georg Abraham)

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Flute Concerto No.4, Op.83

Bassoon Concerto, Op.85

Oboe Concerto, Op.87

Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Friedrich Hofmeister, n.d.(1817?). Plate 567.
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Misc. Notes #99799 changed to greyscale and reduced to jpegs of 800px maximum dimension.
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Sinfonie concertante for Flute and Oboe, Op.88

Sinfonie concertante for Clarinet and Bassoon, Op.89

Basset Horn Concerto, Op.90

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Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Friedrich Hofmeister, n.d.(1818?). Plate 578.
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Misc. Notes Original scan (PMLP51515) split into solo and orchestral parts
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Shared parts for all 8 concertos

9 more: Oboe 1, 2 • Horn 1, 2 (in F) • Bassoon 1, 2 • Trumpet (Clarino) 1, 2 (in F) • Timpani (in F, C) • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos/Basses

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Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Friedrich Hofmeister, n.d.(1818?). No plate number.
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Misc. Notes 600dpi monochrome versions of the original color scans below.
From the Sinfonia concertante, Op.88
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9 more: Oboe 1, 2 • Horn 1, 2 (in F) • Bassoon 1, 2 • Trumpet (Clarino) 1, 2 (in F) • Timpani (in F, C) • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos/Basses

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Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Friedrich Hofmeister, n.d.(1818?). No plate number.
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Misc. Notes Original 400dpi color scans. From the Sinfonia concertante, Op.88
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5 more: Horns, Trumpets and Timpani • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos / Basses

Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Friedrich Hofmeister, n.d.(1818?). No plate number.
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Misc. Notes From the Oboe concerto, Op.87. Changed to greyscale and reduced to jpegs of 800px maximum dimension.
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Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Friedrich Hofmeister, n.d.(1818?). No plate number.
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Misc. Notes From the Basset Horn Concerto Op.90. Original scan split into solo and orchestral parts
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General Information

Work Title Concertos for Winds
Alternative. Title
Composer Schneider, Georg Abraham
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Opp.83-90
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. None [force assignment]
Key F major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 movements (same in all 8 concertos)
  1. Allegro moderato
  2. Poco Adagio
  3. Tempo di Polacca
First Publication. 1818 or earlier - Hofmeister
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Classical
Piece Style Classical
Instrumentation Solo wind (various), orchestra (2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 bassons, 2 horns, 2 clarini, timpani, strings)
Extra Information Schneider conceived the "Combination Concertos" opp.83-90 in F major as a set with identical thematic material, so that the expensive engraving of separate orchestral parts could be avoided. Only the solo part was composed to take advantage of the specifics of each solo instrument. Initially planned for flute (op.83), clarinet (op.84, in D-Bds), bassoon (op.85), horn (op.86, in D-Bds) and oboe (op.87), it was then expanded to include two double concertos for flute & oboe (op.88) and clarinet & bassoon (op. 89) as well as a concerto for bassethorn (op. 90). He offered them to Peters and Simrock, but these publishers were hesitant about such an experiment. They were finally published by Hofmeister in 1818.
Because of the success of this first combination concerto, Simrock then published, in 1824*, a second set as opp.100-107, which includes another flute concerto (op.100, in GB-Lbl), concertos for horn (op.101, in D-Mbs, I-BO), oboe (op.102, in D-Bds), clarinet (op.103, in I-BO) and bassethorn (op.105, in D-Bds), as well as Concertantes for clarinet and bassoon (op.106, in US-NH) and flute and oboe (op.107, in D-Bds). In Schneiders work catalog the numbers opp.92-99 are missing, and were most likely reserved for a further combination concerto.
Ref.: Meyer-Hanno, A.: Georg Abraham Schneider und seine Stellung im Musikleben Berlins, pp.101-102. Berlin, Merseburger 1965.
The Fleisher Collection (Free Library of Philadelphia) has manuscript scores and parts for Opp.83-87.

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Is 1818 for Hofmeister a known upper bound (e.g. from Whistling) or more on the order of ca.1818+  ? Putting in reason for 1819-or-less; replace again with 1818 (w/r) :) - ES

If Op.85 is the G.A. Schneider Grd. bsn. concerto mentioned (as published) in the August 1815 AMZ Intelligenzblatt, then 1818 is actually too -late- a first publication date. - ES, again

*Opp.100-107 were published in 1824; see AMZ supplement, April 1824.