String Quartet No. 2 in A minor Op. 51/2
Urtext based on the Brahms Complete Edition of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna
by Johannes Brahms
String Quartet - Sheet Music

String Quartet (2vl,va,vc)

SKU: BR.EB-6028

Urtext based on the Brahms Complete Edition of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna. Composed by Johannes Brahms. Chamber music; Softcover. Edition Breitkopf.

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.<. Romantic period. Score. 52 pages. Breitkopf and Haertel #EB 6028. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.EB-6028).

ISBN 9790004165676. 9 x 12 inches.

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 1873. The second work presented here was given its first public performance at the Berliner Singakademie on 18 October 1873. The first violin part was played by Brahms' violinist friend Joseph Joachim.

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.