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A piano quartet is a chamber music composition for piano and three other instruments, or a musical ensemble comprising such instruments. Those other instruments are usually a string trio consisting of a violin , viola and cello .
These types of compositions include: symphony, concerto, sonata, and standard chamber music combinations (strings trio, quartet, quintet, sextet, etc.; piano trio, quartet, quintet, sextet, etc.), among others. A sub-title is a subsidiary name given to a work by the composer, and considered part of its formal title, such as:
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Op. posth. 169 – D 984, Quartet "Der Wintertag" ['In schöner heller Winterzeit ward eine Maid geboren'] for two tenors, two basses and piano, Geburtstaglied (after 1820, fragment; piano part is lost)
Piano trio – Composition for piano and two other instruments. String trio – Composition for three string instruments, often being a violin, viola, and cello. Quartet – Composition for four instruments or voices. Piano quartet – Composition for piano and three other instruments. String quartet – Composition for four string instruments.
Terms such as "piano quintet" or "clarinet quintet" frequently refer to a string quartet plus a fifth instrument. Mozart's Clarinet Quintet is similarly a piece written for an ensemble consisting of two violins, a viola, a cello, and a clarinet, the last being the exceptional addition to a "normal" string quartet. [citation needed]
The Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25, was composed by Johannes Brahms between 1856 and 1861. It was premiered in 1861 in Hamburg , with Clara Schumann at the piano. It was also played in Vienna on 16 November 1862, with Brahms himself at the piano supported by members of the Hellmesberger Quartet . [ 1 ]
The premiere of the Piano Quartet took place in Weimar on 8 December 1885, with the composer playing the piano part. In a letter to his father, Strauss mentioned the other three performers as "Grützmacher, Halir and Hagel", presumably Leopold Grützmacher (cello), Karel Halíř (violin) and an otherwise unknown violist with the name Hagel.