The Piano Concerto No. 5 in E♭ major, Op. 73, known as the Emperor Concerto in English-speaking countries, is a piano concerto composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. Beethoven composed the concerto in 1809
Beethoven in 1815: portrait by Joseph Willibrord Mähler
Beethoven's patron, Archduke Rudolf; portrait by Johann Baptist von Lampi
Sketches for the first movement of the Fifth Piano Concerto
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Johann Christian Friedrich Schneider was a German pianist, composer, organist, and conductor.
Piano Concerto No. 5 (Beethoven)
…in Vienna, and he dedicated it to Archduke Rudolf, who was his patron, friend, and pupil. Its public premiere was on 28 November 1811 in Leipzig, with Friedrich Schneider as the soloist and Johann Philipp Christian Schulz conducting the Gewandhaus Orchestra. Beethoven, usually the soloist, could not perform due to declining…
A steel engraving of Friedrich Schneider