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{{Short description|Composition by Ludwig van Beethoven}}
[[Ludwig van Beethoven]]'s '''Rondo for Piano and Orchestra''' in [[B-flat major]], [[WoO (Beethoven)|WoO]] 6 was composed in 1793 and originally intended as the final movement for his [[Piano Concerto No. 2 (Beethoven)|second piano concerto]].{{sfn|Anderson|1988}} Hans-Werner Küthen states this was probably the finale for the first  and second versions of the second piano concerto, being replaced by the final version of the rondo in 1795.{{sfn|Küthen|2012}} He also notes that the most likely inspiration for the insertion of an andante section into the rondo is the concluding rondo of [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]]'s [[Piano Concerto No. 22 (Mozart)|Piano Concerto No. 22]].{{sfn|Küthen|2012}}
It was eventually published in 1829, with the solo part completed by [[Carl Czerny]].{{sfn|Anderson|1988}}{{sfn|Cooper|2000}}  It is scored for an orchestra of 1 flute, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, and strings, the same instrumentation as the concerto.
==Structure==
The composition consists of a single multi-tempo [[Movement (music)|movement]] marked ''[[Rondo]]: [[Tempo#Italian tempo markings|Allegro]] – Andante – Tempo I – Presto''.
==References==
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'''Sources'''
*{{cite AV media notes|url=http://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.550190&catNum=550190&filetype=About%20this%20Recording&language=English#|last=Anderson|first=Keith|title=Beethoven: Piano Concerto Nº.1/Rondo in B-flat major|publisher=[[Naxos Records]]|type=CD|id=8.550190|year=1988}}
*{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/beethoven00coop|url-access=registration|title=Beethoven|last=Cooper|first=Barry|author-link=Barry Cooper (musicologist)|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=United States|year=2000|isbn=0191592706}}
*{{cite book|url=http://www.henle.com/media/foreword/1149.pdf|title=Rondo in B flat major WoO 6 for Piano and Orchestra (Reduction for 2 Pianos)|last=Küthen|first=Hans-Werner|publisher=[[G. Henle Verlag|G. Henle]]|year=2012|ismn=979-0-2018-1149-9}}
==External links==
*{{IMSLP2|work=Rondo in B-flat major, WoO 6 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)|cname=Rondo in B-flat major, WoO 6}}
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