The Violin Concerto in G major, Op. 46, is the sole violin concerto by
Anton Rubinstein
Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (; ) was a Russian pianist, composer and conductor who founded the Saint Petersburg Conservatory. He was the elder brother of Nikolai Rubinstein, who founded the Moscow Conservatory.
As a pianist, Rubinstein ran ...
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Written in the
Romantic style in 1857, when the composer was 28 years old, it was published by
C.F. Peters in 1859 with a dedication to violinist
Henryk Wieniawski
Henryk Wieniawski (; 10 July 183531 March 1880) was a Polish virtuoso violinist, composer, and pedagogue, who is regarded amongst the most distinguished violinists in history. His younger brother Józef Wieniawski and nephew :pl:Adam Tadeusz Wien ...
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The work makes virtuoso demands of its soloist; and its character is more German in the tradition of
Mendelssohn
Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 18094 November 1847), widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period. Mendelssohn's compositions include symphonie ...
than Russian, likely all factors in its failure to claim a place in the standard repertory.
[Anderson, Keith, liner notes for Naxos CD 8.555244, "Rubinstein: Violin Concerto; Cui: Suite Concertante" (Takako Nishizaki, Slovak Philharmonic, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Halasz, Schermerhorn), accessed September 25, 2017]
/ref>[Taylor, Philip S., ''Anton Rubinstein: A Life in Music'', Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 2007]
August Wilhelmj
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August Emil Daniel Ferdinand Wilhelmj ( ; 21 September 184522 January 1908) was a German violinist and teacher.
Wilhelmj was born in Usingen and was considered a child prodigy; when Henriette Sontag heard him in 1852 at seven years ol ...
arranged the concerto in an edition for violin with orchestra or piano. According to Goby Eberhardt, who studied with Wilhelmj, Rubinstein was displeased with Wilhelmj's arrangement.[IMSLP List of works by August Wilhelmj, accessed September 25, 2017]
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Structure
The concerto is in three movements:
# ''Moderato assai''
# ''Andante''
# ''Moderato assai''
References
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Violin
The violin, sometimes referred to as a fiddle, is a wooden chordophone, and is the smallest, and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in regular use in the violin family. Smaller violin-type instruments exist, including the violino picc ...
Rubinstein Rubinstein is a surname of Ashkenazi Jews. It comes from German and Yiddish, where it means "ruby-stone". Notable persons named Rubinstein include:
A–E
* Akiba Rubinstein (1880–1961), Polish chess grandmaster
* Amnon Rubinstein (1931-2024), I ...
1857 compositions
Compositions in G major
Music dedicated to ensembles or performers