The D major Cello Concerto by Haydn suffered from critical reservations due to a distorted arrangement by François-Auguste Gevaert and persistent doubts about its authorship.
Composition History
Haydn likely composed his Cello Concerto in C major for Joseph Weigl, an unusually gifted cellist in the Esterházy court orchestra from 1761 to 1769.
Cultural Impact
Matthias Georg Monn's Cello Concerto in G minor is best known today because Arnold Schoenberg edited it with his own continuo realization in 1912.
Notable Performances
The rediscovered Haydn Cello Concerto in C major received its first modern performance on May 19, 1962, by cellist Milo š Sádlo and the Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra.
Composer Biography
Matthias Georg Monn, an important Austrian composer of the Baroque-Classical transition, led an abstemious life, never drank wine, always dressed in black, and died of tuberculosis at 33.
Composition History
Haydn's Cello Concerto in D major, Hob.VIIb:2, was once mistakenly attributed to Anton Kraft, the cellist for whom it was likely written.
Composition History
Haydn's Cello Concerto in C major, Hob.VIIb:1, was considered lost until 1961 when a manuscript was discovered in Prague.
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Haydn: Cello Concerto in D Major, Hob.Viib:2 / Cello Concerto in C Major, Hob.Viib:1
