Brahms Op. 38

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Brahms Op. 38 is Johannes Brahms’s first cello sonata, a Romantic-era chamber work in E minor noted for its rich interplay between cello and piano and its contrapuntal writing.

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instanceOf Romantic-era composition ⓘ
cello sonata ⓘ
chamber music work ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Cello Sonata in E minor, Op. 38 ⓘ
associatedWith Romantic chamber music repertoire ⓘ
catalogueNumber Op. 38 ⓘ
composer Johannes Brahms ⓘ
compositionEndYear 1865 ⓘ
compositionStartYear 1862 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
dedicatedTo Josef Gänsbacher ⓘ
era Romantic era ⓘ
firstPerformanceCentury 19th century ⓘ
formOfFirstMovement sonata form ⓘ
formOfSecondMovement minuet-like ⓘ
formOfThirdMovement fugue-like ⓘ
genre cello sonata ⓘ
sonata ⓘ
hasPart cello part ⓘ
piano part ⓘ
inspiredBy Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
The Art of Fugue ⓘ
instrumentation cello ⓘ
piano ⓘ
key E minor ⓘ
keyOfFirstMovement E minor ⓘ
keyOfSecondMovement A minor ⓘ
keyOfThirdMovement E minor ⓘ
languageOfTitle German ⓘ
movement Allegretto quasi Menuetto ⓘ
Allegro ⓘ
Allegro non troppo ⓘ
notableCharacteristic dense motivic development ⓘ
prominent use of fugal techniques ⓘ
notableFeature contrapuntal writing ⓘ
rich interplay between cello and piano ⓘ
numberOfMovements 3 ⓘ
opusNumber Op. 38 ⓘ
period Romantic ⓘ
placeOfComposition Vienna ⓘ
publicationDecade 1860s ⓘ
publisher Fritz Simrock ⓘ
scoring cello and piano ⓘ
texture predominantly contrapuntal ⓘ
title Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38 ⓘ
typicalPerformanceDuration about 25 minutes ⓘ
workNumberInComposerOutput first cello sonata by Johannes Brahms ⓘ

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