Cello Concerto No. 1 (Haydn)

Cello Concerto
No. 1
Cello concerto by Joseph Haydn
Haydn c. 1770
KeyC major
CatalogueHob. VIIb/1
Composedc. 1765
Movements3

The Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major, Hob. VIIb/1, by Joseph Haydn was composed around 1761-65 for longtime friend Joseph Franz Weigl, then the principal cellist of Prince Nicolaus's Esterházy Orchestra.[1]

The work was presumed lost until 1961, when musicologist Oldřich Pulkert discovered a copy of the score at the Prague National Museum.[1] Though some doubts have been raised about the authenticity of the work, most experts believe that Haydn did compose this concerto.

  1. ^ a b Haydn, Joseph (2007). Konzert in C für Violoncello und Orchester. Clément, Roger (trans.). Kassel: Bärenreiter-Verlag. pp. V–VI. ISMN M-006-20254-6