Cello Concerto in A major, Wq. 172

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cello concerto concerto

The Cello Concerto in A major, Wq. 172 is an 18th-century concerto for solo cello and orchestra by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, notable for its expressive galant style and virtuosic writing.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cello concerto ⓘ concerto ⓘ
catalogNumber	H. 439 NERFINISHED ⓘ Wq. 172 ⓘ
composer	Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach NERFINISHED ⓘ
composerStylePeriod	early Classical ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Germany ⓘ
dedicatedTo	unknown ⓘ
employsContrastBetweenSoloAndTutti	yes ⓘ
era	Classical era ⓘ
genre	Classical music ⓘ
hasCadenzaSections	yes ⓘ
hasExpressiveSlowMovement	yes ⓘ
hasForm	three-movement fast–slow–fast structure ⓘ
hasInstrumentation	basso continuo ⓘ possibly winds (depending on edition) ⓘ strings ⓘ
hasOpeningMovementForm	ritornello-sonata hybrid ⓘ
hasOrchestralAccompaniment	yes ⓘ
hasVirtuosicPassages	yes ⓘ
historicalContext	transition between Baroque and Classical styles ⓘ
isPartOfRepertoire	cello concerto repertoire ⓘ
key	A major ⓘ
language	none (instrumental music) ⓘ
movement	I. Allegro assai ⓘ II. Andante ⓘ III. Allegro assai ⓘ
movementCount	3 ⓘ
notableCharacteristic	expressive writing ⓘ galant melodic style ⓘ virtuosic solo part ⓘ
period	18th century ⓘ
relatedWorkByComposer	Cello Concerto in A minor, Wq. 170 NERFINISHED ⓘ Cello Concerto in B-flat major, Wq. 171 NERFINISHED ⓘ
scoring	solo cello and orchestra ⓘ
soloInstrument	cello ⓘ
style	galant style ⓘ
tonalCenter	A major ⓘ
typicalPerformanceDuration	approximately 20 minutes ⓘ
usesOrnamentation	yes ⓘ
workTitle	Cello Concerto in A major NERFINISHED ⓘ Violoncello Concerto in A major, Wq. 172 NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Cello Concerto in B-flat major, H. 436 → relatedWorkByComposer → Cello Concerto in A major, Wq. 172 ⓘ