Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897)
String Quartet in A minor Op. 51/2
2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
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Details
- For
- 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
- Product Type
- Set of parts
- Author / Composer
- Johannes Brahms
- Product number
- 284880
- Release Year
- 1986
- Extent
- 12/11/11/11 Pages
Description
In his two String Quartets op. 51, Johannes Brahms deliberately chose to deal with the demands of this classical genre. An echo of Beethoven's Razumovsky Quartets (op. 59) is particularly unmistakable.
Moreover, in the formal treatment of the two works, Brahms aimed to cyclically round off the overall form through motivic references to the respective main theme.
After various preliminary phases in the 1860s, Brahms wrote the two Quartets op. 51 in Tutzing on Lake Starnberg in the summer of...
Content
- Allegro non troppo
- Andante moderato
- Quasi minuetto, moderato
- Finale: Allegro non assai
