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Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 100

188622 min

This guide follows Brahms’s Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 100 (1886) in three parts: Allegro amabile (sonata form), Andante tranquillo – Vivace and Allegretto grazioso (quasi Andante).

Recording: Pinchas Zukerman (violin), Marc Neikrug (piano) (1983)

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Follow all 26 sections as they play

  1. I · Sonata form
  2. II –
  3. III ( )
I Sonata form0:02–8:40

The piano announces the lyrical opening in A major, and its first three notes resemble Walther's Prize Song from Wagner's Meistersinger. After a , the grows from the first of Brahms's song ' Melodien zieht es mir'. The and then the follow, with the back in its turn. Then the begins, and the opening once more within it.

  1. : 1
  2. :
II – 8:58–15:58
III ( )16:11–21:53

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 periodA majorSonata form

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