Violin Concerto (Beethoven)

Violin Concerto
by Ludwig van Beethoven
Key	D major
Opus	61(a)
Period	Classical period-Romantic period (transitional)
Genre	Violin concerto
Composed	1806 (1806)
Dedication	Franz Clement
Movements	Three
Premiere
Date	23 December 1806 (1806-12-23)
Location	Theater an der Wien, Vienna
Performers	Franz Clement

The Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61, was written by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1806. Its first performance by Franz Clement was unsuccessful and for some decades the work languished in obscurity, until revived in 1844 by the then 12-year-old violinist Joseph Joachim with the orchestra of the London Philharmonic Society conducted by Felix Mendelssohn. Joachim would later claim it to be the "greatest" German violin concerto.^[1] Since then it has become one of the best-known and regularly performed violin concertos.