Concerto for 2 Pianos in E major, MWV O 5 (Mendelssohn, Felix)

		Movements/Sections 3 movements I. Allegro vivace II. Adagio non troppo III. Allegro Composition Year 1823, revised 1829 or 1833 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. Ser. 2: Konzerte und Konzertstücke. Bd. 4.
Leipzig: Deutscher Verlag für Musik, 1961. Plate 4251a.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

Original scans: 300dpi, black and white, losslessly-compressed tif files. 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 E major
Alternative Title

Composer	Mendelssohn, Felix
Opus/Catalogue Number	MWV O 5
Key	E major
Movements/Sections	3 movements I. Allegro vivace II. Adagio non troppo III. Allegro
Year/Date of Composition	1823, revised 1829 or 1833
First Performance	see listing First Private Performance: 1824-11-24 in Berlin, home of Abraham Mendelssohn. Felix Mendelssohn and Fanny Hensel (pianos). First Public Performance: 1829-07-29 in London. Felix Mendelssohn and Ignaz Moscheles (pianos). First Modern Performance: 1959-02-03 in Leipzig, Gewandhaus. Günther Kootz and Dieter Zechlin (pianos) ; Gewandhaus Orchestra ; Franz Konwitschny (conductor).
First Publication	1961 – Leipzig: Deutscher Verlag für Musik
Average Duration	32 minutes
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	2 Pianos + 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets in A, 2 bassoons, 2 horns in E, 2 trumpets in E, timpani, strings
External Links	Wikipedia article

Misc. Comments

The original version (1823) of the first movement has been published in an edition by Stephan D. Lindeman (Madison: A-R Editions, Inc., 1999). Google Preview contains information about the existing manuscripts.

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)