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Johannes Brahms
Clara Schumann

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Composition History

Brahms's Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 1, was published in December 1853 by Breitkopf & Härtel, thanks to Robert Schumann's recommendation.

Composition History

Brahms dedicated his Variations for Pianoforte on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 9, to Clara Schumann, who had written her own variations on the same theme in 1853.

Compositional Technique

Brahms's Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 1, incorporates a quotation-like reminiscence of Beethoven's Hammerklavier Sonata and echoes of his Waldstein Sonata.

Compositional Technique

The slow movement of Brahms's Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 1, features the old German folk song (Minnelied) "Verstohlen geht der Mond auf, blau, blau Blümelein."

Composition History

Brahms arranged the second movement of his String Sextet, Op. 18, for piano two hands as the Andante in D Minor, Op. 18b, intending it as a birthday present for Clara Schumann.

Composer Biography

Johannes Brahms, at only 20 years old, was hailed as a "pianistic and compositional Messiah" by Robert Schumann upon his first visit to Düsseldorf in 1853.

Composition History

Clara Schumann arranged her husband Robert Schumann's song "Widmung" for piano in 1873, taking a different approach from Franz Liszt by preserving the original's songfulness over virtuosity.