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Violin Concerto No. 1 (Haydn)

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The Violin Concerto No. 1 in C major (Hob. viia/1) by Joseph Haydn, fatto per il luigi, was written in the 1760s for a well-known violinist of the time, Luigi Tomasini, who was just back from Italy and soon became the concertmaster of the Esterházy orchestra.[1]

None of Haydn's violin concertos exist today in autograph form.[2] This work went unpublished until the mid-twentieth century and has come down to violinists in only eight copies.

Structure

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The piece has three movements, each written in sonata form, like the first cello concerto from that time.

  1. Allegro moderato
  2. Adagio
  3. Finale: Presto

References

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  1. ^ "Haydn: Violin Concertos - Brilliant Classics". www.brilliantclassics.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  2. ^ Glatthorn, Austin (2013-05-01). "Haydn: music for strings and winds". Early Music. 41 (2): 361–364. doi:10.1093/em/cat046. ISSN 0306-1078.
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