Double Bass Concerto No.1 in E-flat major (Hoffmeister, Franz Anton)

Incipit	1. (Double Bass Solo) $\relative c' { \key d \major \time 4/4 \clef treble \tempo "Allegro" \grace {d16( fis'16)} d'1( \| a2. g4) \| fis16 g a b a g fis e d e fis g a b cis d \| \new Voice << \voiceOne { <g, b>4 <fis a> } \new Voice << \voiceTwo { d4 d } >> >> r4 }$
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	3 movements
Composition Year	1785 ca.
Genre Categories	Concertos; For double bass, orchestra; Scores featuring the double bass; Scores featuring the orchestra; For orchestra with soloists

Sheet Music

Scores

Complete Score
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Engraving Files (MuseScore, MusicXML)
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Parts

Incomplete Double Bass Solo (1st page only)
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Double Bass Solo (1st Mov.)
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General Information

Work Title	Double Bass Concerto No.1 in E-flat major
Alternative. Title
Composer	Hoffmeister, Franz Anton
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.	IFH 81
Key	E-flat major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	3 movements
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1785 ca.
First Publication.	1966 - Friedrich Hofmeister
Average DurationAvg. Duration	20 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Classical
Piece Style	Classical
Instrumentation	double bass, orchestra
Manuscript Sources	Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Vienna (A-Wgm): Sign. IX 6394c
External Links	A History of the Double Bass in 100 Pieces Henle

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The only primary source is a collection of parts in the possession of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna. It contains parts for timpani and trumpet that seem to have been arranged afterwards, as well as a clarinet arrangement of the solo violin in the second movement. The original key is E-flat major, with the solo double bass notated in D major and tuned a semitone higher than usual. It was likely composed for either Johann Matthias Sperger, Josef Kämpfer (1735-1797) or Friedrich Pischelberger (1741-1813).

The numbering "No.1" is not authentic and derives from its being published in the 20th century as the first of the three. This first edition from Friedrich Hofmeister, edited by Konrad Siebach, includes heavy editing.