Cello Concerto No. 1 (Haydn)
The Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major, Hob. VIIb/1, by Joseph Haydn was composed around 1761-65 for longtime friend Joseph Franz Weigl, then the principal cellist of Prince Nicolaus's Esterházy Orchestra.
| Cello Concerto | |
|---|---|
| No. 1 | |
| Cello concerto by Joseph Haydn | |
Haydn c. 1770 | |
| Key | C major |
| Catalogue | Hob. VIIb/1 |
| Composed | c. 1765 |
| Movements | 3 |
The work was presumed lost until 1961, when musicologist Oldřich Pulkert discovered a copy of the score at the Prague National Museum. Though some doubts have been raised about the authenticity of the work, most experts believe that Haydn did compose this concerto.
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