Brahms Sonata for Violoncello and Piano E minor op. 38

Editor: Brown, Clive / Costa, Neal Peres Da / Wadsworth, Kate Bennett Orchestral scoring : Vc/piano Product format: score, part(s), Urtext edition Binding: Stapled Pages / Format: XXXII, 32/11/11 - 31,0 x 24,3 cm The first three movements of Johannes Brahms’ E minor Cello Sonata were composed in 1862, the last movement was written in 1865. During the first years of its performance the work was received with mixed enthusiasm. By the end of Brahms’ life, however, it was widely performed and by the first decades of the 20th century it was firmly embedded in the repertoire of many distinguished cellists. It was notably Robert Hausmann’s advocacy of the work which seems to have contributed greatly to its promotion.Of particular value to the editors were the three early performance editions of the Cello Sonata op. 38 by Cornelius van Vliet and Edwin Hughes, Hugo Becker and Carl Friedberg, as well as Julius Klengel. The cellists’ van Vliet, Becker and Klengel’s fingering and bowing allows f