Cello Concerto No. 1 (Haydn)
| Cello Concerto | |
|---|---|
| No. 1 | |
| Cello concerto by Joseph Haydn | |
Haydn c. 1770 | |
| Key | C major |
| Catalogue | Hob. VIIb/1 |
| Composed | c. 1765 |
| Movements | 3 |
The Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major, Hob. VIIb/1, by Joseph Haydn was composed around 1761–1765 for longtime friend Joseph Franz Weigl, then the principal cellist of Prince Nicolaus's Esterházy Orchestra.
The work was presumed lost until 1961, when musicologist Oldřich Pulkert discovered a copy of the score at the Prague National Museum. Though some doubts have been raised about the authenticity of the work, most experts believe that Haydn did compose this concerto.