Johannes Brahms'String Quintet No. 1inF major,Op.88, was composed in 1882 in thespa townofBad Ischl,Upper Austria,and published by the firm ofFritz Simrock.[1]It was first performed at a chamber music evening inFrankfurton 29 December 1882.
It is a "viola quintet" in that it is scored forstring quartetwith a secondviola.Brahms composed the work in three movements:
- Allegro non troppo ma con brio
- Insonata form.The first subject group is in F major, while the second is inA major,the first of the "pervasivemediantrelationships "in this work.[1]
- Grave ed appassionato – Allegretto vivace – Tempo I – Presto – Tempo I
- Indouble variationform. The firstthemeis based on asarabandeBrahms wrote in 1854, while the second theme is based on agavottethat he wrote in the same year. The movement starts inC♯major,and ends in A major, another mediant relationship.[1]
- Allegro energico – Presto
- In a fusion of sonata andcontrapuntalforms. The final key of the previous movement, A major, and the key of this movement, F major, represent another mediant relationship.[1]
Brahms described the quintet to his friendClara Schumannas "one of [his] finest works" and told Simrock, "You have never before had such a beautiful work from me."[1]
References
editExternal links
edit- String Quintet No. 1, Op. 88:Scores at theInternational Music Score Library Project
- Detailed listening guideusing the recording by theAmadeus QuartetwithCecil Aronowitz
- Score editions,including an edition forpiano four hands,Brahms-Institut
- John Keillor.String Quintet No. 1 in F major ( "Spring" ), Op. 88atAllMusic
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