Incipit | see below
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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 3 |
First Publication | 1768 (Longman & Broderip) |
Genre Categories | Concertos; For oboe, orchestra; Scores featuring the oboe; |
Work Title | Oboe Concerto in C major |
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Alternative. Title | A favorite concerto for the Hoboy or German Flute with Instrumental Parts |
Composer | Fischer, Johann Christian |
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | GroF 947 |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IJF 3 |
Key | C major |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 3 movements |
First Publication. | 1768 (Longman & Broderip) |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Classical |
Piece Style | Classical |
Instrumentation | oboe (or flute), orchestra (2 horns, strings, continuo) |
Manuscript Sources | D-WRI HMA 3854 (manuscript copy, Fischer's concerto (no composer specified on this source)) PL-WRu 61249 Muz |
External Links | RISM A/I F 959 (several published copies, some downloadable) |
The finale for this concerto is believed to have provided the theme for Mozart's K.179/189c "12 variations on a Menuet by Fischer". Unfortunately few of the sources of the concerto specify which Fischer composed the work, leading Grove to provide a historically unlikely suggestion, for example.