Brahms early on engaged with the violin sonata genre. As early as 1853 he wrote a sonata in a minor, which - like so many other youthful works of this self-critical composer - no longer survives. Thus the G-major sonata op. 78, written in 1878/79, is now counted as his first contribution to the genre; it has the nickname “Regenlied Sonata” (literally “rain-song sonata”) because of the quotation from a song that appears in the finale. In summer 1886 Brahms composed, almost simultaneously, the two sonatas op. 100 and 108. All three works now have a firm place in the violinistic canon.
We round off our volume with the Scherzo in c minor that Brahms contributed to the so-called “F.A.E Sonata”, which he composed together with Robert Schumann and Albert Dietrich as a gift for violinist Joseph Joachim in 1853. With its stark contrast between the turbulent allegro and the emotional più moderato part, his scherzo has become a popular bravura and encore piece.
The present new edition is based on the New Brahms Complete Edition, and offers a musical text and commentary that have been revised according to the latest research. The fingering is by respective masters of their instruments Frank Peter Zimmermann and Martin Helmchen.
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Editor: Bernd Wiechert, Michael Struck
Fingering: Martin Helmchen
Fingering and bowing for Violin: Frank Peter Zimmermann
Instrumentation: Violin and Piano
Publisher: G. Henle Verlag
Urtext Edition, paperbound
with marked and unmarked string parts
revised edition
replaces HN 194 (paperbound) and HN 195 (clothbound)
Pages 202 (XV+113+37+37), Size 23,5 x 31,0 cm
Weight 802 g
HN 1566 · ISMN 979-0-2018-1566-4
Contents
Violin Sonata no. 1 G major op. 78
Violin Sonata no. 2 A major op. 100
Violin Sonata no. 3 d minor op. 108
Allegro c minor WoO posth. 2