Concert Piece in F minor Op. 79 for Piano and Orchestra - Weber Horn it proved to be a

it proved to be a show-stopper around the globe

He first published instrumental versions of it under the title “Méditation”

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Mozart himself listed this work as „A sonata for piano alone“

Concert Piece in F minor Op. 79 for Piano and Orchestra - Weber Horn it proved to be aThere were two reasons behind Webers hesitation to perform his opus 79, known as Concert Piece in public. As he wrote to the music journalist Friedrich Rochlitz, experience had shown that concertos in minor keys were not as well received by the public. Furthermore he was worried that he would be misjudged as a musical charlatan because while composing it he had had visions of a dramatic love story at the time of the crusades, which had influenced the