Dussek's grand concerto for the pedal harp or piano forte, op. 30 : with or without additional keys and with accompaniments for violins & c. ...

Concerto · Op. 30

Johann Ladislaus Dussek 1760–1812
Concerto
Form
Op. 30
Catalogue
Score
First page of Dussek's grand concerto for the pedal harp or piano forte, op. 30 : with or without additional keys and with accompaniments for violins & c. ...

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Harp or piano·Concerto with orchestra·Dual publication·London years

At a glance

Catalogue
Op. 30
Form
Concerto

About the piece

A concerto published for either pedal harp or piano, reflecting both Dussek's own dual output and the commercial logic of a market where publishers preferred music that could be sold to the widest possible readership. Dussek's later career took him across Europe, ending in the service of Talleyrand in Paris, where by contemporary accounts he grew enormously fat and drank heavily, dying in 1812.

The composer

Johann Ladislaus Dussek
Johann Ladislaus Dussek
1760–1812

Jan Ladislav Dussek was a Czech classical period composer and virtuoso pianist. He was an important representative of Czech music abroad in the second half of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century. Some of his more forward-looking piano works have traits often associated with Romanticism.

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