About the Dragonetti and Larsson

[Justin K-ski]

Originally Posted by Snakewood

hehe yes, but is there tangible evidence that he did not compose it?

Originally Posted by p.nemeth

...If you compare Nanny's other concerto in E minor you'll find many similarities and if you compare Nanny's concerto in A major to Dragonetti's real concertos you'll see how different they are compositionally.

muh.

[Snakewood]

Just found this link. I don't know who wrote this information but I guess there must be truth to it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edouard_Nanny

I still don't know why he would write it under the name Dragonetti...Even if it's for financial reasons...it's still really silly.

[sibass89]

The tangible evidence is from scholar's comparing the compositions of Dragonetti. If you sit down with the 10 Dragonetti concertos and the Nanny concerto, they are supposedly very different in style.

P. Nemeth- Nobody is positive who wrote the concerto because there isn't (from what I know) and original manuscript to compare handwritings. But even so that can't even be said because many times composers had other editors write their music. For example, Bottesini's 2nd has a copy in his handwriting and a copy in an editor's handwriting.

This is a topic that can be argued in and out for years and we will probably not settle it. As of what my opinion is - Nanny wrote the concerto.

Many people believe that the A major concerto is a tribute to Dragonetti and that's where the confusion came into play.