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General Information
| Work Title
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Concerto for 2 Pianos in E major
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| Alternative. Title
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| Composer
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Mendelssohn, Felix
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| Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.
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MWV O 5
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| I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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IFM 23
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| Key
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E major
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| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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3 movements
- I. Allegro vivace
- II. Adagio non troppo
- III. Allegro
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| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1823, revised 1829 or 1833
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| First Performance.
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see listing
- First Private Performance: 1824-11-24 in Berlin, home of Abraham Mendelssohn.
Felix Mendelssohn and Fanny Hensel (pianos).
- First Public Performance: 1829-07-29 in London.
Felix Mendelssohn and Ignaz Moscheles (pianos).
- First Modern Performance: 1959-02-03 in Leipzig, Gewandhaus.
Günther Kootz and Dieter Zechlin (pianos) ; Gewandhaus Orchestra ; Franz Konwitschny (conductor).
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| First Publication.
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Leipzig: Deutscher Verlag für Musik, 1960.
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| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Romantic
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| Piece Style
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Romantic
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| Instrumentation
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2 Pianos + 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets in A, 2 bassoons, 2 horns in E, 2 trumpets in E, timpani, strings
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| External Links
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Wikipedia article
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Navigation etc.
The original version (1823) of the first movement has been published in an edition by Stephan D. Lindeman (Madison: A-R Editions, Inc., 1999). Google Preview contains information about the existing manuscripts.
