Brahms Sonata for Violin and Piano in D minor op. 108

Editor: Brown, Clive / Costa, Neal Peres Da Orchestral scoring : V/piano Product format: Performance score, part(s), Urtext edition Binding: Stapled Pages / Format: XLV, 36/10/10 - 31,0 x 24,0 cm Brahms composed his “Violin Sonata in D minor” during the summer of 1886. The work quickly became part of the standard repertoire and has remained so until today. It is presented here in a fine Bärenreiter Urtext edition and comes with an unmarked Urtext part as well as a second part marked with fingering and bowing by Clive Brown which are based on the practices of Brahms‘ contemporaries.An important part of this editions is the extensive preface. Firstly it informs about the works‘ origins, its compositional process, pre-publication performances, its publication history as well as early reception. Truly remarkable is the unique Performance Practice Commentary. Here the editors take the premise that already a few decades after Brahms‘ death a widening gulf developed between the composer’s e