From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Piano Quartet in A major
|
---|
|
|
The composer in 1853
|
Opus
| 26
|
---|
Composed
| 1861
(
1861
)
|
---|
Performed
| 1863
|
---|
Duration
| 50 minutes
|
---|
Movements
| four
|
---|
Scoring
| - violin
- viola
- cello
- piano.
|
---|
The
Piano Quartet No. 2
in
A major
,
Op.
26, by
Johannes Brahms
is scored for
piano
,
violin
,
viola
and
cello
. It was completed in 1861
[1]
and received its premiere in November 1862 by the
Hellmesberger Quartet
with the composer playing the piano part.
[2]
It has been especially noted for drawing influence from composer
Franz Schubert
.
[3]
[1]
Lasting approximately 50 minutes, this quartet is the longest of Brahms's chamber works to perform and one of the longest piano quartets in the repertoire. He also made an arrangement of this quartet for two pianos.
[4]
Structure
[
edit
]
The quartet is in four movements:
Analysis
[
edit
]
First movement
[
edit
]
The first movement is in
sonata form
.
Second movement
[
edit
]
The second movement is in
rondo
form.
Third movement
[
edit
]
The third movement is a
scherzo
and
trio
in compound
ternary form
, where both the scherzo and the trio are in sonata form.
Fourth movement
[
edit
]
The fourth movement is in sonata-rondo form.
References
[
edit
]
External links
[
edit
]
|
---|
Duos
| |
---|
Trios
| |
---|
Quartets
| |
---|
Quintets
& Sextets
| |
---|
|
|
---|
|
Orchestral works
| |
---|
Concertante
| |
---|
Vocal works
with orchestra
| |
---|
Chamber music
| |
---|
Piano works
| |
---|
Other compositions
| |
---|
Collaborations
| |
---|
Named for Brahms
| |
---|
Related articles
| |
---|
|