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It has been suggested [5] that a sonata by Bernhard Romberg also helped inspire this work. However, given that the Romberg work in question, his Sonata in e minor, op. 38, was originally published as a trio for viola and 2 cellos in 1826 and later arranged as a sonata for cello and piano by Friedrich Gustav Jensen c. 1877, this theory is untenable.
A cello sonata is piece written sonata form, often with the instrumentation of a cello taking solo role with piano accompaniment. [1] Some of the earliest cello sonatas were composed in the 18th century by Francesco Geminiani and Antonio Vivaldi, and since then other famous cello sonatas have grown to those by Johannes Brahms, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Sergei Rachmaninoff among others.
Brahms began the work in the summer of 1868 at Wilhelmshaven, but it was not completed until May 1871. [1] The delay was primarily due to Brahms's hesitation over how the piece should end. Hesitant to make a decision, he began work on the Alto Rhapsody , Op. 53, which was completed in 1869 and first performed in 1870.
Op. 15 Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor : piano, orchestra 1854–58 original version as Sonata for Two Pianos 1854 (Mvts 2 & 3 are Anh. 2a/2) (discarded), 2nd version as Symphony in D minor in 4 mvts (4th mvt never written) 1854–55 (Mvts 2 & 3 are Anh. 2a/2) (discarded), final version (Piano Concerto) in 3 mvts (only 1st mvt from previous versions, 2nd & 3rd mvts new) 1855–58;
String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 111, is a work by Johannes Brahms composed in 1890 and published in 1891. It is known as the Prater Quintet. Brahms intended it to be his last piece of music, though he later produced a number of piano pieces and the two sonatas for clarinet or viola and piano.
Brahms wrote the piece later in his life: in the same period with which he composed Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op. 78, String Quintet No.1 in F Major, Op. 88, Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Major, Op. 99, Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 100, Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 101, Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108, and String Quintet No ...
Geistliches Lied (English: "Sacred Song" or "Spiritual Song"), Op. 30, by Johannes Brahms is an 1856 work for four-part mixed chorus accompanied by organ or piano.The composition is in the form of a double canon set to text by Paul Flemming.
The Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op. 99, was written by Johannes Brahms in 1886, [1] more than twenty years after completing his Sonata No. 1. It was first published in 1887. [ 2 ] It was written for, dedicated to and first performed by Robert Hausmann , who had popularised the First Sonata, and who would the following year be given the ...