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Violin Concerto No. 1 (Bruch)
Max Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26, is one of the most
popular violin concertos in the repertoire. It continues to be performed and
recorded by many violinists and is arguably Bruch's most famous composition.
History
The concerto was first completed in 1866
and the first performance was given on 24 April 1866 by Otto von Königslow with
Bruch himself conducting. The concerto was then considerably revised with help
from celebrated violinist Joseph Joachim and completed in its present form in
1867. The premiere of the revised concerto was given by Joachim in Bremen on 5 January 1868
with Karl Martin Rheinthaler conducting.
The fate of the score
Bruch sold the score to the publisher N.
Simrock outright for a small lump sum - but he kept a copy of his own. At the
end of World War I, he was destitute, having been unable to enforce the payment
of royalties for his other works due to chaotic world-wide economic conditions.
He sent his autograph to the duo-pianists Rose and Ottilie Sutro (for whom he
had written his Concerto in A flat minor for Two Pianos and Orchestra, Op. 88a, in 1912), so that they could sell it in
the United States and send him the money. Bruch died in October 1920, without
ever receiving any money. The Sutro sisters decided to keep the score
themselves, but they claimed to have sold it, and sent Bruch's family some
worthless German paper money as the alleged proceeds of the alleged sale. They
always refused to divulge any details of the supposed purchaser. In 1949, they
sold the autograph to Mary Flagler Cary, whose collection, including the Bruch
concerto, now resides at the Pierpont Morgan Public Library in New York.
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