Talk:Piano Concerto No. 4 (Beethoven)

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As to the contemporary review (translated from the German?)

• A review of the concerto right after the first public performance said it was the "most difficult and most complex Beethoven concerto ever", meaning this fourth concerto was very virtuosic for the time in its musical writing.

do you have a source? (I have Beethoven: A Documentary Study - one of H. C. Robbins Landon's books - here - and the concert of Dec 22 1808, as described by Ries, is quoted on page 126. There is an account by Spohr, too, of the concert, of Beethoven forgetting that he was the soloist, ... various anecdotes; but a source for this review would be helpful.) Thank you. Schissel : bowl listen 01:10, July 19, 2005 (UTC)

Sorry,i've found now the source( i thought i lost the source) and is the "Allegmeine Musikalische Zeitung" May,1809 : the review says exactly that " [this concert] is the most admirable,singular,artistic and complex Beethoven concerto ever".I have only a translation in italian but the source is reliable.So i edit the article with the source, you're right for the source, thanks 16:17, July 20, 2005 (CEST)

Thanks! My command of German has never been very good, but there may be an issue that early at the library here; like the later Neue Zeitschrift a number of libraries carry it (the Neue Z. especially since its older issues have been "reprinted" in a way, on better paper, a few decades ago - maybe someone will do that for the AMZ too, as a similar musicians/music historians' resource.) Schissel : bowl listen 17:01, July 21, 2005 (UTC)