Franz Anton Hoffmeister (1754-1812) - the German composer and musical publisher. Among his compositions there are several operas, nearly 70 symphonies and 50 concertos, numerous chamber-instrumental works, so as the songs and arias. Living in Vienna from 1768, Hoffmeister became the principal publisher of W. A. Mozart's creations already during the genius' life. It was in 1800, when the musical publishing house ''Bureau de musique'' was founded in Leipzig by Hoffmeister together with A. Koonel (in 1814 it passed to K. F. Peters). The publishing house specialized in J. S. Bach's, J. Haydn's, W. A. Mozart's and L. van Beethoven's music. The last years of Hoffmeister's life were given wholly to music creation, but not to commercial affairs. This Concerto is considered compulsory at the viola group contests (so as the Concerto N.1 by C. Stamitz) in the most prominent world orchestras.
The violin solo part is published as the edition by the professor of the St. Petersburg Conservatoire Alexey Lyudevig.
The Concerto is published with the cadenza of Paul Klengel (1854-1935), the German violinist, pianist and composer.