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TIL Written by Beethoven in 1806, the Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61's first performance was unsuccessful and for some decades the work languished in obscurity, until revived in 1844 by the then 12-year-old violinist Joseph Joachim. Since then it has become one of the best-known violin concertos

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