Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 3 movements |
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Composition Year | 1826, Bad Godesburg |
Genre Categories | Concertos; For piano, orchestra; Scores featuring the piano; |
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Work Title | Piano Concerto No.8 |
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Alternative. Title | Grüss an den Rhein Salut au Rhin |
Composer | Ries, Ferdinand |
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | Op.151 |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IFR 57 |
Key | A-flat major |
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 3 movements:
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Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1826, Bad Godesburg |
First Publication. | 1829 – Bonn: N. Simrock |
Dedication | Godefroi Weber (perhaps Gottfried Weber) |
Average DurationAvg. Duration | 29 minutes |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
Piece Style | Romantic |
Instrumentation | Solo: piano Orchestra: 2 flutes, 2 clarinets (B♭), 2 bassoons + 2 horns (E♭/F), 2 trumpets (E♭) + timpani + strings |
External Links | Wikipedia article Description of Artaria Edition First Page of Score from 2005 Artaria Edition Reviewed in Cäcilia (1829), pp.240-247. |
Numbering of Ries' piano concertos is in publication, not composition, order. See About this Recording notes attached to Naxos page (for the 2005 Naxos recording of this work).
The 18 September 1830 AMZ contains a brief review of this work (p.302 of the 1830 volume); HMB notes receipt in 1829, however.