The Violin Concerto in

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by Ludwig van Beethoven dating from between 1790 and 1792. Only a 259-bar fragment of the first movement in Beethoven's handwriting survives, and is kept in the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna. There is extensive debate about whether this fragment represents a part of a finished movement (or indeed entire concerto), the rest of which has subsequently been lost, or whether the movement was never completed. On a number of occasions since its rediscovery in 1870, the work has been "finished" and published by others, including

Josef Hellmesberger Josef Hellmesberger Sr. (3 November 182824 October 1893) was an Austrian violinist, conductor, and composer. Born in Vienna, he was the son of musician and pedagogue, Georg Hellmesberger Sr. (1800–1873), and was taught violin by his father ...

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, and August Wilhelmj - often with considerable criticism with the way the work has been handled. The first scholarly edition of the work was published by Willy Hess in 1961. The work is scored for solo violin, flute, two oboes, two bassoons, two horns and strings.

References

;Notes ;Sources * Violin concertos by Ludwig van Beethoven Compositions in C major Musical compositions completed by others Compositions by Ludwig van Beethoven published posthumously {{concerto-stub