Piano Concerto No.2, Op.56 (Moscheles, Ignaz)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	3 movements
Composition Year	1821 ca.?
Genre Categories	Concertos; For piano, orchestra; Scores featuring the piano; Scores featuring the orchestra; For orchestra with soloists

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Publisher. Info.	Vienna: Unidentified Publisher, n.d.(ca.1825?).
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Possibly the Steiner/Haslinger edition of 1824. Unfortunately, lacking identifying information beyond "Wien". Not even necessarily an early edition (though the Gambogi and Klemm editions of the 1860s aren't from Vienna...)
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Publisher. Info.	Leipzig & Dresden: C.A. Klemm, n.d. Plate 702.
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Work Title	Piano Concerto No.2
Alternative. Title	Grosses Concert No.2 in Es-dur für das Pianoforte mit Begleitung des Orchesters
Composer	Moscheles, Ignaz
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.	Op.56
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.	IIM 47
Key	E-flat major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	3 movements Allegro moderato (E♭ major. = 104) Adagio (B♭ major. = 76) Allegretto. Tempo di polacca (E♭ major. = 96)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1821 ca.?
First Performance.	1821 June 11 (partial, see below) or earlier
First Publication.	1824 – Steiner
Dedication	Seiner Majestät dem Könige von Preußen Friedrich Wilhelm III in tiefster ehrfurcht zugeeignet (Frederick William III of Prussia, 1770–1840)
Average DurationAvg. Duration	30 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	Piano, Orchestra (2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns (2 optional), 2 trumpets, trombone (+ bass trombone), timpani, strings)
Manuscript Sources	Fleisher Collection (printed parts and manuscript score)
External Links	Hyperion Records (preface by Nicholas Temperley)