It took Franz Liszt 26 years to compose his Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in E flat Major.

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Two important solo works nonetheless date from the Classical era: Joseph Haydn's Concerto in E-flat for trumpet and orchestra (1796) and Johann Nepomuk Hummel's Concerto, also in E-flat (1803).

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