The Violin Concerto in G major, Op. 46, is the sole violin concerto by
Anton Rubinstein.
Written in the
Romantic
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style in 1857, when the composer was 28 years old, it was published by
C.F. Peters
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History
The company came into being on 1 December 1800 when the Viennese composer Franz Anton Hoffmeister (1754–1812) and the local organist Ambrosius Kühnel ...
in 1859 with a dedication to violinist
Henryk Wieniawski
Henryk Wieniawski (; 10 July 183531 March 1880) was a Polish virtuoso violinist, composer and pedagogue who is regarded amongst the greatest violinists in history. His younger brother Józef Wieniawski and nephew Adam Tadeusz Wieniawski were al ...
.
The work makes virtuoso demands of its soloist; and its character is more German in the tradition of
Mendelssohn
Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 18094 November 1847), born and widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic music, Romantic period. Mendelssohn's compositi ...
than Russian, likely all factors in its failure to claim a place in the standard repertory.
[Anderson, Keith, liner notes for Naxos CD 8.555244, "Rubinstein: Violin Concerto; Cui: Suite Concertante" (Takako Nishizaki, Slovak Philharmonic, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Halasz, Schermerhorn), accessed September 25, 2017]
/ref>[Taylor, Philip S., ''Anton Rubinstein: A Life in Music'', Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 2007]
August Wilhelmj arranged the concerto in an edition for violin with orchestra or piano. According to Goby Eberhardt, who studied with Wilhelmj, Rubinstein was displeased with Wilhelmj's arrangement.[IMSLP List of works by August Wilhelmj, accessed September 25, 2017]
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Structure
The concerto is in three movements:
# ''Moderato assai''
# ''Andante''
# ''Moderato assai''
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Violin
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* Akiba Rubinstein (1880–1961), Polish chess grandmaster
* Amnon Rubinstein (born ...
1857 compositions
Compositions in G major
Music dedicated to ensembles or performers