Violin Sonata No. 2 (Brahms)
Johannes Brahms wrote the Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major Op. 100 in the summer of 1886 in a resort on Lake Thun near Interlaken in Switzerland.
To the piece
- Movement : Allegro amabile
- Movement: Andante tranquillo - Vivace - Andante - Vivace di più - Andante - Vivace
- Movement: Allegretto grazioso (quasi Andante)
The violin sonata for violin and piano reflects the character and personality of Johannes Brahms - shyness and self-examination, as well as originality and sensitivity.
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The 1st movement is an Allegro amabile, i. H. amiable, so you shouldn't play it too fast and too hard.
In the first sentence, the topics flow into each other and ensure an exchange between the two instruments. One can imagine the feelings that Brahms had while composing.
2nd movement
The 2nd movement begins with an Andante tranquillo, i. H. it should be played particularly calmly, followed by a Vivace, i.e. H. one should play it alive. Another calm andante follows, followed by a quick middle section, a Vivace di più. This is followed by another Andante, then another Vivace. So you could say that it has an ABABAB shape if you consider the Andante as an A part and the Vivace as a B part.
In it there is a strict boundary between the Andante tranquillo and the Vivace.
3rd movement
The 3rd movement is an Allegretto grazioso (quasi Andante), i. H. it should be played particularly gracefully and elegantly.
It is unusual for a romantic piece in that it eschews the usual passions and qualities of romantic pieces. The 3rd movement is in rondo form and begins with a legato . There is an emotional outburst in the middle of the sentence before calming down again. At the end, the topic comes up again before the sentence ends triumphantly.
See also
Web links
- Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major op. 100 (Brahms) : Sheet music and audio files in the International Music Score Library Project
- Johannes Brahms: “Thuner Sonate”, violin sonata in A major, op. 100 in the online chamber music guide of Villa Musica , accessed on March 1, 2019
- Joseph Viktor Widmann : Johannes Brahms in memories . Paetel, Berlin 1898, archive.org ; on the origin of the sonata, see chapter Die Drei Sommer in Thun , pp. 53–55 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ); Poem Thun Sonata by Johannes Brahms , pp. 175–178 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive )
- Walter Niemann : The “Thun Sonata” in: Brahms . Schuster & Loeffler, Berlin 1920 (chapter Brahms' work. The instrumental music ), pp. 217–219
- Wolfgang Alexander Thomas-San-Galli : On the origin of the sonata in the memories of contemporary witnesses . In: Johannes Brahms. With many illustrations, music samples and facsimiles . Piper, Munich 1922, pp. 237–239, Textarchiv - Internet Archive (chapter The new chamber music period )
- For the Brahms celebration in Thun on May 6th and 7th, 1922 . In: Die Berner Woche in words and pictures , issue 18/1922, p. 236
- M. Lüthi: Brahms and his time in Thun . In: Schweizerische Lehrerinnenzeitung , issue 16, May 20, 1956, pp. 244–248
- Joseph DuBose, Kobi Malkin: Johannes Brahms: Violin sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 100 (English) at classicalconnect.com, accessed March 1, 2019