Piano Concerto No. 0 (Beethoven)

Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Concerto in E flat major, WoO. 4, was written in 1784 when he was 14 years old. Only the solo piano part is still around today, but it has some marks for the orchestra.[1] The concerto is sometimes called Piano Concerto No. 0 because it was made before all of Beethoven's other piano concertos. It is not played often. Piano players Howard Shelley, Ronald Brautigam, and Philippos Tsalachouris,[2] and musicologist and composer Willy Hess, have made different versions of the concerto.

Structure

The work has three movements:[3]

  1. Allegro moderato
  2. Larghetto
  3. Rondo allegretto

It is hard to talk about the concerto because it is different every time it is played, but the concerto is like creations of classical composers of the late 1800s, like Joseph Haydn, who would later teach Beethoven. He most likely created this concerto in 1784, when he was in Bonn.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Raptus Association for Music Appreciation. "Piano sonatas". Ludwig van Beethoven: The Magnificent Master. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "Beethoven – Tsalachouris 0-2". Megaron. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
  3. ↑ Beethoven, Ludwig Van. "Piano Concerto No. 0" (PDF). Retrieved 4 July 2025.
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