Concerto for oboe and orchestra in F major Hess 12

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The Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra in F major Hess 12 by Ludwig van Beethoven was long thought to be lost. In the last half of the 20th century, parts of the manuscript of the 1792 composition were rediscovered.

Assumptions about the existence of a Beethoven oboe concerto

In 1964, final proof of the existence of an oboe concerto by Ludwig van Beethoven was provided, as Joseph Haydn mentioned it in a letter to Beethoven's benefactor. On page 126 of the new edition of the Beethoven biography by Alexander Wheelock Thayer , editor Elliot Forbes added three incipits of the manuscript of the Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra in F major for each of the three movements . In his writings, Thayer mentions that both Anton Diabelli and the Artaria publishing house own the Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra in F major , and it can therefore be assumed that the Incipits can be found in the publishers' catalogs .

The Bonn Incipits say the following:

  1. Movement: F major, Allegro moderato: beginning with two oboes and two bassoons introducing the theme, followed by the beginning of the first part and the entry of the solo oboe.
  2. Movement: B flat major, Largo: Brief introduction to the first violins before the solo oboe begins
  3. Movement: F major, Allegretto: Rondo theme

Discovery of the manuscript

In 1970, the British Museum published a book known as the Kafka Sketchbook . This book contains not only sketches, but also fully written out parts of works that were published during Beethoven's lifetime. The sketch of the second movement from the Concerto for oboe and orchestra in F major was found on page 150 . In the sketch only the oboe part is written out, while a piano part is incomplete. The movement was reconstructed by Cees Nieuwenhuizen and Jos van der Zanden and performed for the first time in Rotterdam in 2003.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Willy Hess: Directory of the works of Ludwig van Beethoven not published in the complete edition. Breitkopf & Härtel, Wiesbaden 1957
  2. ^ Charles Lehrer: Beethoven's 1792 Oboe Concerto in F major (Hess 12). In: The Double Reed Vol. V, No. 2, 1982