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Horn Trio in E-flat major, Op. 40

186530 min

This guide follows Brahms’s Horn Trio in E-flat major, Op. 40 (1865) in four parts: Andante, Scherzo: Allegro (minuet and trio), Adagio mesto and Finale: Allegro con brio (sonata form).

Recording: Diana Cohen (violin), William Caballero (horn), Roman Rabinovich (piano) (2019)

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Follow all 35 sections as they play

  1. I
  2. II: · Minuet and trio
  3. III
  4. IV: · Sonata form
I0:07–8:03

, with livelier episodes between its . The A section is a broad, tender melody that the violin introduces and the horn repeats; it unfolds in three parts. Then the music moves into 9/8 and picks up speed. The , a second animated 9/8 follows, and the comes back one last .

  1. A Section: Part 1
  2. A Section: Part 2
II: Minuet and trio8:21–15:28
III 15:39–23:22
IV: Sonata form23:36–29:43

Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.

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Johannes BrahmsChamber musicRomantic periodE-flat majorMinuet and trioSonata form

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