Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 7

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Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 7 is Clara Schumann’s youthful Romantic concerto for piano and orchestra, admired for its expressive lyricism and remarkable compositional maturity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf orchestral work
piano concerto
alsoKnownAs Clara Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor
Clara Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor
surface form: Clara Wieck Piano Concerto in A minor
approximateDuration 20 minutes
associatedWith Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
catalogueNumber Op. 7
composer Clara Schumann
Clara Schumann
surface form: Clara Wieck
compositionEndYear 1835
compositionPeriod Romantic era
compositionStartYear 1833
countryOfOrigin Germany
dedicatedTo Robert Schumann
dedicationType personal dedication to Robert Schumann
earlyVersion Konzertsatz in F minor (later reworked into the concerto)
genre Romantic music
hasFinaleCharacter brilliant and energetic
hasForm three-movement concerto form
hasMiddleMovementType Romanze
hasReception admired for its expressive lyricism
praised for remarkable compositional maturity
influencedBy early Romantic concerto tradition
isAmong major early works of Clara Schumann
key A minor
languageOfWork instrumental
movement I. Allegro maestoso
II. Romanze: Andante non troppo con grazia
III. Finale: Allegro non troppo
movementCount 3
notableFeature advanced compositional maturity for the composer’s age
continuous performance without long breaks between movements
expressive lyricism
opusNumber Op. 7
orchestration piano, pairs of woodwinds, horns, trumpets, timpani, and strings
premiereConductor Felix Mendelssohn
premiereDate 1835-11-09
premierePerformer Clara Schumann
surface form: Clara Wieck
premierePerformerRole piano soloist
premierePlace Leipzig
premiereVenue Gewandhaus concert hall
surface form: Gewandhaus, Leipzig
publicationStatus published
scoredFor piano and orchestra
soloInstrument piano
style virtuosic Romantic concerto
workTitle Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 7 self-link
writtenByComposerAtAge about 13–16 years old

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Clara Schumann (as dedicatee and performer) notableWork Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 7
subject surface form: Clara Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 7 workTitle Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 7 self-link
Clara Schumann notableWork Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 7
Josef Hofmann notableWork Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 7
this entity surface form: Piano Concerto in A minor