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Piano. orchestra. The Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 19, by Ludwig van Beethoven was composed primarily between 1787 and 1789, although it did not attain the form in which it was published until 1795. Beethoven did write a second finale for it in 1798 for performance in Prague, but that is not the finale that was published.
- 19
- 1801
- 29 March 1795: Vienna
- Piano, orchestra
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Misc. Notes When Beethoven sent the Leipzig publisher Franz Anton Hoffmeister the engraver's model for the solo part of the Second Piano Concerto on 22 April 1801, he wrote, "For instance, as is usual with me, the pianoforte part of the concerto was not written out in the score.
- Beethoven, Ludwig van
- Piano Concerto No.2
- Op.19
Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat—written first but published second, as Opus 19—started its life in Bonn around 1790. Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn (then an independent electorate) probably on December 16, 1770 (he was baptized on the 17th), and died in Vienna on March 26, 1827.
About this Piece. Beethoven’s Piano Concerto in B-flat major, published as No. 2, was in fact his first in order of composition. He may have started the Concerto as early as 1793, in Bonn, and continued it later that year in Vienna while studying with Haydn, who was in the midst of composing his “London” symphonies. The first performance ...
