Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15
Composer: Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Instrumentation (this edition): Piano, Piano Reduction Originally for: Piano, Orchestra Work: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15 Binding: Paperback ISMN: 9790004165812 Size: 9.1 x 12.0 inches Pages: 92 Urtext / Critical Edition Look Inside! PDF Preview Description Johannes Brahms‘ first Piano Concerto was the fruit of a complex, protracted, and extremely trying creative process. Its origin goes back to a sonata in D Minor for two pianos conceived in spring 1854. The impulse for the creation of the main subject was however a shocking event: According to Joseqph Joachim, the theme originated "after hearing about Schumanns suicide attempt." A few months earlier, Schumann had revealed Brahms to the musical world in his essay "New Paths". in this article, Brahms is extolled as the musician who "is called to give expression to the feeling of his times in an ideal fashion." The unusually rapid genesis of the D-Minor sonat