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Brahms: Sonata for Violoncello and Piano E minor op. 38 (Barenreiter)

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The first three movements of Johannes Brahms' E minor Cello Sonata were composed in 1862, the last movement was written in 1865. During the first years of its performance the work was received with mixed enthusiasm. By the end of Brahms' life, however, it was widely performed and by the first decades of the 20th century it was firmly embedded in the repertoire of many distinguished cellists. It was notably Robert Hausmann's advocacy of the work which seems to have contributed greatly to its promotion.

Of particular value to the editors were the three early performance editions of the Cello Sonata op. 38 by Cornelius van Vliet and Edwin Hughes, Hugo Becker and Carl Friedberg, as well as Julius Klengel. The cellists' van Vliet, Becker and Klengel's fingering and bowing allows for a better understanding of their performance practice. As such, the Bärenreiter edition comes with a cello part marked with fingering and bowing by the editors which are based on the practices of Brahms' contemporaries. We also provide an unmarked urtext part.

An important part of this edition is the extensive preface. Firstly it informs about the works' origins, early performances, its publication as well as early reception. Truly remarkable is the unique Performance Practice Commentary. Here the editors take the premise that already a few decades after Brahms' death a widening gulf developed between the composer's expectations and the performance practices of the early 20th century. In a very concrete and practical way, the editors summarize some of the key issues in understanding Brahms' notation with regard to rhythm and timing, dynamics and accentuation, dots and strokes, slurring and non legato, piano pedalling and overholding, piano arpeggiation and dislocation, string instrument fingering, string instrument harmonics and vibrato. In this way, the edition offers an exciting and often surprising insight in Romantic musical interpretation.

- A pioneering Urtext edition
- With an unmarked Urtext part
- With a second part including fingering and bowing based on the practices of contemporaries of Brahms
- With an extensive Performance Practice Commentary
- For further information on Romantic performance practice we recommend: „Performance Practices in Johannes Brahms' Chamber Music", text booklet BA 9600

Edition no.: BA 9429
ISMN: 9790006544295
Composer / Author: Brahms, Johannes
Title: Sonata for Violoncello and Piano E minor op. 38
Detailed instrumentation: Violoncello, Piano
Editor: Brown, Clive / Costa, Neal Peres Da / Wadsworth, Kate Bennett
Foreword / Introduction: Brown, Clive
Product format: Score, Part(s), Urtext edition
Includes the following individual parts: Violoncello, Piano
Comments on the edition: With an Urtext solo part by Clive Brown and a solo part with bowing and fingering by Kate Bennett Wadsworth; Fingering in the piano part by Neal Peres Da Costa; Performance Practice Commentary by C. Brown, N. P. Da Costa and K. B. Wadsworth
Language(s) of text: German, English
Level of difficulty (D): 3
Publisher: Bärenreiter
Binding: Stapled
Print run: 1st printing 2015
Pages / Format: XXXII, 32/11/11 S. - 31,0 x 24,3 cm
Weight: 362 g

 

 

 
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