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Brahms, Johannes: Piano Quartet c minor op. 60

(Krellmann, Hanspeter)

Setting: Chamber Music for Strings and Piano
Period: Romantic
Length: 92 pages
Weight: 0.41 kg
Publisher: G. Henle Verlag
Item number: HN0285
Other reference: HN 285
ISMN: 9790201802855
Brahms' Third Piano Quartet stands out for the extremely involved and complex history of its genesis. A very first version of certain sections - still in c sharp minor - had been written in 1855/56, but neither the composer nor his friends were genuinely happy with this version. In 1869 Brahms reprised his work , but still found no satisfying solution. It was not until 1874/75 that he brought the final version to paper, replacing two movements of the original version with new ones. While the ''tragic'' key of c minor points to the truly dark, passionate character of the work, the composer actually singled out the mood of suffering of the quartet himself in several letters.
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