Work Title
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Violin Concerto
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Alternative. Title
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Name Translations
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Violinkonzert; Violonkonĉerto; Concerto pour violon de Schumann; ヴァイオリン協奏曲; 小提琴協奏曲; [2 more...]Concierto para violín; Concert per a violí (Schumann)
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Name Aliases
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Violinkonzert in d-Moll; Violin Concerto in D minor; Violin Concerto in D Minor, WoO 23; concierto para violín en re menor, WoO 23
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Authorities
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WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 176199842; LCCN: n81133950; BNF: 139188981
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Composer
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Schumann, Robert
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Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.
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WoO 23
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Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.
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IRS 160
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Key
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D minor
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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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3 movements
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Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1853 September-October
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First Performance.
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1937-11-26 — Berlin Philharmonic, Georg Kulenkampff (violinist)
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First Publication.
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1937
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Dedication
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Joseph Joachim
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Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Romantic
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Piece Style
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Romantic
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Instrumentation
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violin, orchestra
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InstrDetail
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[more...] 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, strings
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Related Works
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Theme in E-flat major
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External Links
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Wikipedia Article
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Extra Information
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Not performed (in public) by its dedicatee or at all until 1937 (see Wikipedia.) (First US performances given in December 1937, with Yehudi Menuhin, violin.) (etc. Also: Schumann's 1854 WoO 24 Geister-Variations are more or less based on the main theme of the Langsam movement of this concerto, transposed down a fifth to E-flat. It's a (long) story... - Schissel
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