Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 2 |
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Composition Year | 1811 |
Genre Categories | Adagios; Rondos; For harmonichord, orchestra; |
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Work Title | Adagio und Rondo |
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Alternative. Title | Adagio u. Rondo f. d. Harmonichord (od. Harmonium) mit Begl. d. Orch. Nachlass No. 15. |
Composer | Weber, Carl Maria von |
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | J.115 ; WeV N.12 |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | ICW 3 |
Key | F major |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 2 |
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1811 |
First Publication. | 1861 - Leipzig: C.F. Peters |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
Piece Style | Romantic |
Instrumentation | Solo: harmonichord Orchestra: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, strings |
External Links | Jahns catalogue All Music Guide |
Extra Information | According to Grove Music, the solo is listed as "harmonichord/reed organ". |
It was written not for the harmonium but for an instrument, the Harmonichord, that had just been constructed by - to quote Stephan D. Lindeman (Structural Novelty and Tradition in the Early Romantic Piano Concerto, p.54) - Gottfried and Friedrich Kaufmann (two years earlier) in 1809. (Continuing) The harmonichord (Lindeman also writes harmonicon) was a type of "sostenente" (?) piano that - he here quotes Alexandr Buchner's New Grove Dictionary article on the Sostenente Piano - "resembled an upright piano, {and} a long cylinder above the keyboard, rotated by two pedals, set in vibration a rod connected with the strings." (So, hmcd tag (harmonichord).)