Piano Quartet C minor Op. 60 [HL:51480285]

Piano Quartet C minor Op. 60 [HL:51480285]

Henle Urtext Edition

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UPC:
884088174811
Composer:
(ed. Hanspeter Krellmann, fing. Hans-Martin Theopold)
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0
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1
Pages:
58
UPC:
884088174811
Format:
Softcover
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Henle Music Folios
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Vendor:
Hal Leonard
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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# 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 the 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.