Johannes Brahms Sheet Music for String Ensemble

Brahms's First String Sextet became very popular after its publication in 1861, yet his publisher Simrock still hesitated when the composer offered him a second such work in 1865, 'in the same cheerfu...

'Harmony, bliss, music of Raphaelesque beauty! and yet in its simplicity, how wonderfully artistically everything is done.' This is how Theodor Billroth enthused about the first String Quartet op. 88...

As with its companion work op. 88 from 1882, Brahms's second string quintet was supposed to be completed in the relaxed atmosphere of a summer in Bad Ischl, but eight years later. The work's first tec...

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 three surviv...

The Sextet in B-flat major was already judged to be 'one of the most beautiful works by this young composer' after its initial performances in early 1861. It was popular with both public and press, an...

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 three surviv...

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String Sextets by Brahms: First Urtext Editions The two string sextets (op. 18/BA 9419 and op. 36/BA 9420) by Johannes Brahms are among the highlights of Romantic string music and are among the most p...

String Sextets by Brahms: First Urtext Editions The two string sextets (op. 18/BA 9419 and op. 36/BA 9420) by Johannes Brahms are among the highlights of Romantic string music and are among the most p...

Quintet In F Minor (Op. 34), plus the G Minor, A Major and C Minor Quartets (Opp. 25, 26, 60). Breitkopf & Hortel edition.