- Hummel composed his Gesellschafts Rondo in September of 1829. It was published in 1830, simultaneously in London, Paris, and Vienna.1
- Hummel dedicated this piece to “Madame Dorothea Wertheim in Warsaw.”2
- The manuscript title page says this piece is “für gebrauch zur großen Locale,” which is weird German because “locale” isn’t a German word, but I think it translates to something like “for use in grand places.”
- This piece was first recorded in 1997 (our ENCO cut #43114 is the premiere recording).3
Sources
- Joel Sachs and Mark Kroll, “Hummel, Johann Nepomuk,” Grove Music Online (January 20, 2001), accessed January 7, 2022, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000013548.
- Mark Kroll, Johann Nepomuk Hummel: A Musician’s Life and World (Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2007), 367.
- Eve Barsham, liner notes to Hummel: Piano Concertos, Howard Shelley, London Mozart Players, Chandos 9558, CD, 1997.
Cut IDs
43114