Achim Breiling wrote:

>...  Who wrote the first concerto for orchestra? The earliest I have in
>my colection is by Hindemith (1925), I think.  Then there is the first (of
>eight) by Petrassi (1932).  The famous one by Bartok came even a bit later
>(1943).  Was Hindemith the first?

Before I do some looking, are you interested in the first twentieth century
work with the title of a Concerto for Orchestra, or earlier, or the notion
of a Concerto Grosso in times subsequent to the baroque?

For instance, would a work like the Reger Konzert im alten stil (1912)
apply?

Karl