Piano concerto no. 1 in D minor, op. 15 (accompaniment reduced for piano) : manuscript, 1858?

Record ID: 
114268
Creator: 
Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897.
Biographical Data: 
German composer.
Title: 
Piano concerto no. 1 in D minor, op. 15 (accompaniment reduced for piano) : manuscript, 1858?
Uniform title: 
Concertos, piano, orchestra, no. 1, op. 15, D minor; arr.
Date: 
1858?
Inscription/Markings: 

"Concert für das Piano-Forte mit / Orchester-Begleitung von Johannes Brahms op. 15."

Notes: 

Contains the complete solo piano part and the orchestral passages reduced for piano. The first movement is in Brahms's hand (the last 14 measures are also written out in the hand of a copyist); the second and third movements are in a copyist's hand, with the (reduced) orchestral passages at times in Brahms's hand, at times in the copyist's.

Provenance: 

J. Rieter-Biedermann; Edmund Astor; Wilhelm His; Liepmannssohn, auction catalogue no. 63 (December 1932), lot 38; Asher & Co., Berlin; Alfred Cortot.

Associated names: 

Rieter-Biedermann, Jakob Melchior, 1811-1876, former owner.
Astor, Edmund, 1845-1918, former owner.
His, Wilhelm, 1831-1904, former owner.
Cortot, Alfred, 1877-1962, former owner.

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Department: 
Music Manuscripts and Printed Music
Music Collection: 
Robert Owen Lehman Collection, on Deposit