Piano Concerto No. 2 (Field)
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John Field's Piano Concerto in A-flat major (H. 31) was composed by 1811[1] and published in full first in Leipzig in 1816. It consists of the usual three movements, in a fast–slow–fast form:
- Allegro moderato
- Poco adagio
- Rondo: Moderato innocente
Field wrote the piece in classical sonata form; however, he didn't include a
It has consistently been the most popular of Field's seven concertos. Composer and critic Robert Schumann rated it highly, and it was the only one never to go out of print at any time. Field's compositions were very popular in the 19th century, but he became relatively unknown during the 20th as musical fashions changed. Due to this, Field is not nearly as well known as contemporaries such as Felix Mendelssohn or Franz Schubert.
References
- ^ Piggott, "The Life and Music of John Field", p.153, notes that in 1811 a 57-bar excerpt from the 2nd concerto was published in Variétés Lyriques pour les Dames, a St. Petersburg journal.
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