Brahms: Clarinet Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 120, No. 2 (Version for Viola)

Composer: Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Editor: Hans Gál (1890-1987) Instrumentation (this edition): Piano, Viola Originally for: Piano, Viola Work: Clarinet Sonata in E-flat Major (Version for Viola), Op. 120, No. 2 Binding: Saddle-Stitch ISMN: 9790004189184 Size: 9.1 x 12.0 inches Pages: 40 Urtext / Critical Edition Look Inside! PDF Preview Description The two sonatas of Johannes Brahms's, Op. 120 are widely hailed as crowning points of the repertoire for clarinet and piano. Moreover, in the version for viola and piano arranged by Brahms himself, they rank among the most frequently played viola works of the 19th century. They far surpass in compositional substance the relatively few original sonatas written for these instrumentations during the same period.Of the two fellow works, the Sonata No. 2 in E-flat Major is the more accessible. Diverging from the classical-romantic tradition, Brahms used the key of E-flat Major here not to express the heroic or