 41 in Cologne, by the 11th of February he had completed the first movement and indicated to friends that he had beginnings of the projected second and third movements.However, perhaps due to personal issues, most notably a relationship with Amalie Heydweiller, which Christopher Fitfield speculates may have been the inspiration for the completed movement, Bruch found himself unable to complete the remaining movements.His decision to publish the work as a single movement concert piece, was based in part on the positive reception of his friends to the completed movement.