Johannes Brahms: Streichquartett Op.51: String Quartet
String Quartets in c minor and a minor op. 51
COMPOSER:
Johannes Brahms
PUBLISHER:
G. Henle Verlag
INSTRUMENTATION:
String Quartet
PRODUCT FORMAT:
Study Score
Brahms had already composed over 20 String quartets (he confessed to a friend that he had burnt all of that “stuff”) before he finally presented his Opus 51 to the public. In the end only threesurviving works managed to withstand his high self-criticism; numerous layers of corrections bear
Specifications
Composer | Johannes Brahms |
Editor | Salome Reiser |
Publisher | G. Henle Verlag |
Instrumentation | String Quartet |
Number of pages | 99 |
Product Format | Study Score |
Description Product Type | Studyscore |
Genre | Classical |
Style Period | Romantic |
ISMN | 9790201890401 |
No. | HN9040 |
Description
Brahms had already composed over 20 String quartets (he confessed to a friend that he had burnt all of that “stuff”) before he finally presented his Opus 51 to the public. In the end only threesurviving works managed to withstand his high self-criticism; numerous layers of corrections bear witness to his struggle with each detail. We are now publishing the two passionate, dark Quartets Op. 51 separatelyfrom the rather more lively Opus 67. The basis for this edition is the volume in the New Complete Edition of Brahms’ works, published in 2004 by Henle, for which previously missing sources in a Swiss bequest wereconsulted for the first time.