String Quartet No. 3 (Brahms)
The Brahms String Quartet No. 3 in B flat major was composed in the summer of 1875 and published by the firm of Fritz Simrock. [1] It received its premiere performance on October 30, 1876 in Berlin.[2] The work is scored for two violins, two violas, and two celli, and has four movements:
- I. Vivace
- II. Andante
- III. Agitato (Allegretto non troppo) - Trio - Coda
- IV. Poco Allegretto con Variazioni
Brahms composed the work in Ziegelhausen, near Heidelberg, and dedicated it to Professor Theodor Wilhelm Engelmann, a Dutch friend. Brahms was at the time the artistic director of the Vienna Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde. [1] [2] The work is light-hearted and cheerful, "a useless trifle," as he put it, "to avoid facing the serious countenance of a symphony". [1]
References
- ^ a b c Geiringer, Karl (1984-08-21). Brahms: His Life and Work. New York: Da Capo Press. pp. 119, 234–5. ISBN 978-0306802232.
- ^ a b "Klassika: Johannes Brahms (1833-1897): Streichquartett Nr. 3" (in German). Klassika, die deutschsprachigen Klassikseiten. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
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