Violin Concerto in D major Op. 77
Urtext from the new Brahms Complete Edition
[vl,orch] duration: 35' Solo: vl – 2.2.2.2 – 4.2.0.0 – timp – str
Description
Johannes Brahms’s only violin concerto, one of the most important violin concertos of the 19th century, is now a central repertoire piece. This fact is all the more notable, as, by his own account, Brahms understood “all too little” about the instrument. The concerto was composed at Wörthersee during the summer of 1878 in collaboration with Joseph Joachim, a leading contemporary violinist. The solo part is extremely demanding, with “really unusual difficulties.” This circumstance did not go unnoticed by the critics of the first performance: “Even to Joachim, the battled-seasoned wrestler,” the “technically difficult and tricky” solo part was to be mastered only with obvious effort.
Evidencing this close collaboration between composer and performer is not only the work’s genesis and publication history, together with its dedication to Joachim, but also its solo cadenza. Based on the New Brahms Complete Edition, this Urtext edition includes both the printed version of Joachim’s cadenza as well as its shorter version arranged in 1885 by the violinist Marie Soldat.
PB 16110
score
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216 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 918 g / softbound
PB 16110D
score
EAN: 9790004824030
216 pages / 25 x 32 cm / digital edition
OB 16110-15
violin 1
EAN: 9790004348024
12 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 70 g / stapled
OB 16110-16
violin 2
EAN: 9790004348031
12 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 70 g / stapled
OB 16110-19
viola
EAN: 9790004348048
12 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 65 g / stapled
OB 16110-23
violoncello
EAN: 9790004348055
12 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 65 g / stapled
OB 16110-27
double bass
EAN: 9790004348062
12 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 65 g / stapled
OB 16110-30
wind parts
EAN: 9790004348079
112 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 475 g / folder
Description
Description
Johannes Brahms’s only violin concerto, one of the most important violin concertos of the 19th century, is now a central repertoire piece. This fact is all the more notable, as, by his own account, Brahms understood “all too little” about the instrument. The concerto was composed at Wörthersee during the summer of 1878 in collaboration with Joseph Joachim, a leading contemporary violinist. The solo part is extremely demanding, with “really unusual difficulties.” This circumstance did not go unnoticed by the critics of the first performance: “Even to Joachim, the battled-seasoned wrestler,” the “technically difficult and tricky” solo part was to be mastered only with obvious effort.
Evidencing this close collaboration between composer and performer is not only the work’s genesis and publication history, together with its dedication to Joachim, but also its solo cadenza. Based on the New Brahms Complete Edition, this Urtext edition includes both the printed version of Joachim’s cadenza as well as its shorter version arranged in 1885 by the violinist Marie Soldat.
Table of contents
| 1. | Allegro non troppo |
| 2. | Adagio |
| 3. | Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace |