Kevin Sutton <[log in to unmask]> wondered: >This evening I heard for the first time that there is a lost oboe >concerto by Beethoven. I have read tons of bios and articles on LvB >but have never heard of this piece. Anyone have any information? In the 1860s biographer Thayer wrote that he had seen a complete score of the concerto in the 1850s when he visited publisher Diabelli. Alas, but it never popped up and Diabelli never published it. Many years later a short sketch of the slow movement was found in a library in the UK, probably dating from his years in Bonn. This sketch has been completed by my landsmen Jos van der Zanden, musicologist, and Cees Nieuwenhuizen, composer. A cd is available, containing the part of the oboe concerto, the piano version of Wellingtons Sieg and some other rarely played Beethoven pieces. Joyce Maier www.ademu.com/Beethoven