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Braunbehrens and other scholars infer that Mozart could not conceivably have opened a movement with a completely unadorned melody line, and instead improvised a suitable accompaniment for the left hand. Similar passages occur throughout the concerto.

The work was published only in 1794, three years after Mozart's death, and the publisher [[Johann André]] found some other composer (whose identity is unknown) to fill in the missing passages; these interpolations have become the standard for performance.<ref>This section is based on {{harvtxt|Braunbehrens|1990|loc=5–7}}. For further discussion of the incomplete piano part in this concerto, see the [[Piano Concerto No. 26 (Mozart)#The_unfinished_piano_partThe unfinished keyboard part|relevant section]] of this encyclopedia's article.</ref>

==Mozart's memory==