Brahms violin sonata in g major
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Violin Sonata No. 1 (Brahms)
composition by Johannes Brahms
Violin Sonata in G major | |
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Key | G major |
Opus | 78 |
Composed | ()– |
Performed | 8November(): Bonn |
Movements | three |
The Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op.78, Regensonate, for violin and piano was composed by Johannes Brahms during the summers of and in Pörtschach am Wörthersee. It was first performed on 8 November in Bonn, by the husband and wife Robert Heckmann (violin) and Marie Heckmann-Hertig (piano).[1][2]
Structure
[edit]Each of the three movements of this sonata shares common motivic ideas or thematic materials from the principal motif of Brahms's two songs "Regenlied" and "Nachklang", Op. 59, and this is why this sonata is also called the "Rain Sonata" (Regensonate).[2]
The first movement, Vivacema non troppo is written in sonata form in G major; the second movement, Adagio – Più andante – Adagio, is an expanded ternary form in E major, and the third movement, Allegro molto moderato is a rondo in G minor with coda in G major. The dotted rhythm motif from the two songs is not only directly quoted as a leading theme in the third movement of this sonata but also constantly appearing as fragme
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Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78, Regensonate
Johannes Brahms,
Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 1 in G Major, Op. 78, "Regensonate",
Brahms' three violin sonatas are all extraordinary masterpieces that occupy their own rarefied world of elegant construction, romantic sweep and exquisite beauty. The designation of "Sonata for Piano and Violin" significantly expresses the equal partnership of both instruments in this chamber music for two. While the violin often sings first and foremost, Brahms frequently switches the parts giving theme and accompaniment a deeper sounding through new sonorities and "inverted" textures. The two parts generally imitate, echo and intertwine for a balanced chamber unity with ample lyricism and virtuosity for both players. Brahms published his first sonata for piano and violin in at the relatively advanced age of 46, though, typical of his history, it seems that he may have consigned at least three previous sonatas to the fire of unremitting self-criticism. The Sonata in G Major, Op. 78 thus emerges as an astonishing "first" sonata by any standard; it is a magical work full of graceful tenderness, nobility, bursting intensity and sacred repose with a wealth of cyclic interconnections. It is a romantic sonata in the truest sense: there a
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