Trumpet Concerto (Hummel)

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Like Joseph Haydn, Johann Nepomuk Hummel wrote his Concerto a Trombe Principale (Trumpet Concerto in E-flat Major) for Viennese trumpet virtuoso and inventer of the keyed trumpet, Anton Weidinger. It was written and performed in 1803 to mark Hummel's entrance into the Esterházy court orchestra in 1804 as Haydn's successor. There are places, primarily in the second movement, where Weidinger is believed to have changed the music because of the execution of the instrument. It is unknown whether this was in agreement with Hummel.

note: this piece was published to E-flat Major in an edition edited by Leipzig in 1957

[edit] The Composition

The work is composed in three movements (typical of a concerto) and they are marked as follows:

• I. Allegro con spirito
• II. Andante
• III. Rondo

[edit] See Also

• Joseph Haydn also wrote a trumpet concerto for Anton Weidinger.