Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 4 movements |
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Composition Year | 1877 |
Genre Categories | Concertos; For piano, orchestra; Scores featuring the piano; |
Work Title | Piano Concerto No.1 |
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Alternative. Title | |
Composer | Huber, Hans |
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | Op.36 |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IHH 27 |
Key | C minor |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 4
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Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1877 |
First Performance. | 1878-2-3 in Basel
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First Publication. | 1878 |
Average DurationAvg. Duration | 30–35 minutes |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
Piece Style | Romantic |
Instrumentation | Solo: Piano Orchestra: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani, triangle, strings |
Discography | All Music Guide |
External Links | Detailed Preface for the MPH Study Score of this Work, by Christoph Schlüren, October 2014 (mentions information about premieres of this concerto and the first violin concerto)
Preface to the First Edition of Huber’s 2nd Violin Concerto (mentions premiere of the 1st Piano Concerto, 1878) |
An 1887 performance, reported on as a new work, described in the magazine Musical Notes in its December 1887 issue.
(Performed December 7 1886 or 1887 with Agnes Zimmermann as pianist in London.)
The small score in Breitkopf's 1878 printing is 140 pages. Schlüren notes this was "Huber’s only concerto to appear in full score during his lifetime."