Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15

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Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 is Johannes Brahms’s powerful and symphonically conceived first piano concerto, renowned for its dramatic intensity and structural grandeur.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf concerto ⓘ
piano concerto ⓘ
approximateDuration 40 to 50 minutes ⓘ
catalogueNumber Brahms Op. 15 ⓘ
composer Johannes Brahms ⓘ
composerNationality German ⓘ
compositionEndYear 1858 ⓘ
compositionStartYear 1854 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
dedicatedTo Julius Otto Grimm ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1860 ⓘ
genre Romantic piano concerto ⓘ
historicalReception initially received coolly by audiences ⓘ
later recognized as a masterpiece of the concerto repertoire ⓘ
influencedBy Ludwig van Beethoven ⓘ
Robert Schumann ⓘ
key D minor ⓘ
languageOfTitle German ⓘ
movement Adagio ⓘ
Maestoso ⓘ
Rondo: Allegro non troppo ⓘ
movementCount 3 ⓘ
notableFeature dramatic and stormy first movement ⓘ
lyrical and contemplative slow movement ⓘ
powerful and energetic rondo finale ⓘ
symphonic conception of the concerto form ⓘ
numberInSeries 1 ⓘ
opusNumber Op. 15 ⓘ
orchestration pairs of woodwinds, horns, trumpets, timpani, and strings ⓘ
originalTitle Klavierkonzert Nr. 1 d-Moll, Op. 15 ⓘ
premiereConductor Joseph Joachim ⓘ
premiereCountry Kingdom of Hanover ⓘ
premiereDate 22 January 1859 ⓘ
premierePerformer Johannes Brahms ⓘ
premierePlace Hannover ⓘ
linked to: Hanover
publisher Breitkopf & Härtel ⓘ
relatedWork Brahms’s early symphonic sketches ⓘ
Brahms’s lost early symphony in D minor ⓘ
scoring solo piano and orchestra ⓘ
standardRepertoire core work of the Romantic piano concerto literature ⓘ
styleCharacteristic complex rhythmic structures ⓘ
dense orchestral writing ⓘ
integration of soloist and orchestra ⓘ
rich harmonic language ⓘ
tonalCenterFirstMovement D minor ⓘ
tonalCenterSecondMovement D major ⓘ
tonalCenterThirdMovement D minor ⓘ
workPeriod Romantic period ⓘ

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Johannes Brahms → notableWork → Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 ⓘ
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 → originalTitle → Klavierkonzert Nr. 1 d-Moll, Op. 15 ⓘ
linked to: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 → originalTitle → Klavierkonzert Nr. 1 d-Moll, Op. 15 ⓘ
linked to: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83 → followsWork → Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 ⓘ
III. Rondo: Allegro non troppo → partOf → Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 ⓘ
III. Rondo: Allegro non troppo → sharesOpusWith → Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 ⓘ
Brahms piano concertos → work → Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 ⓘ