On July 30, 1838, Mendelssohn wrote to Ferdinand David, his concertmaster at Leipzig, telling him that he would like to write a Violin Concerto for him: One in E minor goes through my head, and the beginning will not leave mein peace. This Violin Concerto is now a pillar of the Violin repertoire and is commonly known as the Mendelssohn Concerto
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