Concerto for 2 Pianos in A-flat major, MWV O 6 (Mendelssohn, Felix)

		Movements/Sections 3 movements I. Allegro vivace II. Andante III. Allegro vivace Composition Year 1824 Genre Categories Concertos; For 2 pianos, orchestra; Scores featuring the piano; Scores featuring the orchestra; For orchestra with soloists

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Editor:

Karl-Heinz Köhler (1928–1997)

Publisher Info.:

Leipziger Ausgabe der Werke Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdys
Serie 2: Konzerte und Konzertstücke, Band 5.
Leipzig: Deutscher Verlag für Musik, 1961. Plate 4252.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

Original scans: 300dpi, black and white, losslessly-compressed tif files approximately 2500 by 3500 pixels. Deskewed, re-sampled to 600dpi, and set uniform margins. Some partial loss of notes for the flute part due to top of page being cut off in original scans.

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General Information

Work Title	Concerto for 2 Pianos in A♭ major
Alternative Title

Composer	Mendelssohn, Felix
Opus/Catalogue Number	MWV O 6
Key	A♭ major
Movements/Sections	3 movements I. Allegro vivace II. Andante III. Allegro vivace
Year/Date of Composition	1824
First Performance	see below First Public Performance (in manuscript) 20 February 1827 Stettin: Felix Mendelssohn and Carl Loewe, pianos soli First Performance (after publication) 22 November 1959 Berlin, Komische Oper: Günther Kootz and Dieter Zechlin, pianos soli Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Rolf Kleinert, conductor
First Publication	1961 – Leipzig: Deutscher Verlag für Musik, Plate 4252.
Average Duration	42 minutes
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	Soli — 2 Pianos Orchestra — 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets in B♭/A, 2 bassoons, 2 horns in E♭/E, 2 trumpets in E♭, timpani, strings
External Links	Wikipedia article

Misc. Comments

First public performance is documented in the Berliner Allgemeine Musikalische Zeitung No.11 (March 14, 1827), pp.83–84 and No.12 (March 21, 1827), p.95 available at Google Books. While the work’s key is not mentioned it does state one of the movements is an andante (not found in the E major concerto).

Concertos by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Piano Concerto in A minor (1822) Double Piano Concerto in E (1823) Double Piano Concerto in A♭ (1824) Piano Concerto No.1 in G minor, Op.25 (1831) Piano Concerto No.2 in D minor, Op.40 (1837) Piano Concerto in E minor (ca.1844, unfinished)	Violin Concerto in D minor (1822) Double Concerto in D minor for Violin, Piano and Strings (1823) Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.64 (1844) Cello Concerto (after 1844, lost)