String Quintet No. 2 (Brahms)
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Johannes Brahms
' String Quintet No. 2 in G major
, Opus 111 was published in 1890. It is known as the Prater Quintet.
Like Brahms' earlier string quintet
, Opus 88
, it is a viola quintet, scored for two violins, two violas and cello
. The work has four movements.
The first movement is marked Allegro non troppo, ma con brio, and is in 9/8. Its opening is dominated by a cello solo in G major. The middle section is in G minor, though it passes through numerous keys before returning to G major by the end.
The second movement is marked Adagio, and is in 2/4. It starts with a viola solo. The entire movement has a key signature of D minor, but it ends on a D major chord.
The third movement, marked Un poco Allegretto, is in 3/4 time and is loosely based on a minuet and trio form, finishing with a short coda. The "minuet" section, in 2 flats, is followed by a "trio" section in 1 sharp, followed by another "minuet" section (written out) and finally the coda section in 1 sharp.
The fourth movement, marked Vivace, ma non troppo presto, is in 2/4 and has a key signature of 1 sharp throughout. The opening theme in viola 1 is copied by the first violin nine bars later. The movement (and the piece) end in G major.
Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms was a German composer and pianist, and one of the leading musicians of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria, where he was a leader of the musical scene...
' String Quintet No. 2 in G major
G major
G major is a major scale based on G, with the pitches G, A, B, C, D, E, and F. Its key signature has one sharp, F; in treble-clef key signatures, the sharp-symbol for F is usually placed on the first line from the top, though in some Baroque music it is placed on the first space from the bottom...
, Opus 111 was published in 1890. It is known as the Prater Quintet.
Like Brahms' earlier string quintet
String quintet
A string quintet is a musical composition for a standard string quartet supplemented by a fifth string instrument, usually a second viola or a second cello , but occasionally a double bass. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who favoured addition of a viola, is considered a pioneer of the form...
, Opus 88
String Quintet No. 1 (Brahms)
Johannes Brahms' String Quintet No. 1 in F major, Opus 88 was composed in 1882 in the spa town of Bad Ischl, Upper Austria, and published by the firm of Fritz Simrock. It was first performed at a chamber music evening in Frankfurt-on-Main on 29 December 1882....
, it is a viola quintet, scored for two violins, two violas and cello
Cello
The cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
. The work has four movements.
The first movement is marked Allegro non troppo, ma con brio, and is in 9/8. Its opening is dominated by a cello solo in G major. The middle section is in G minor, though it passes through numerous keys before returning to G major by the end.
The second movement is marked Adagio, and is in 2/4. It starts with a viola solo. The entire movement has a key signature of D minor, but it ends on a D major chord.
The third movement, marked Un poco Allegretto, is in 3/4 time and is loosely based on a minuet and trio form, finishing with a short coda. The "minuet" section, in 2 flats, is followed by a "trio" section in 1 sharp, followed by another "minuet" section (written out) and finally the coda section in 1 sharp.
The fourth movement, marked Vivace, ma non troppo presto, is in 2/4 and has a key signature of 1 sharp throughout. The opening theme in viola 1 is copied by the first violin nine bars later. The movement (and the piece) end in G major.