Talk:Piano Quartet No. 3 (Brahms)

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Narrow focus[edit]

I know we don't have much to go on where the work's history is concerned but aside from the fact that it was published by Simrock in 1876 (if Hofmeister's Monatsberichte is any guide; at least, no later than mid-1876), where does "1875" come from? Description of the work itself is one thing but its history, dates of composition, etc. are good too when available... Schissel | Sound the Note! 15:38, 31 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

In the notes to the Hyperion recording, it states that this work was a recomposition of a Quartet that Brahm's had started in the 1850's before the G-minor Quartet, but abandoned after writing out the first three movements. Really the page does need more background to compliment the extensive (& unsourced) analysis. Graham1973 (talk) 09:50, 26 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Why the name "Werther Quartet"?[edit]

The article mentions that the quartet

...is sometimes called the Werther Quartet after Goethe's The Sorrows of Young Werther".

The article however never explains why the quartet is sometimes called Werther Quartet nor who named it Werther Quartet. – Tea2min (talk) 13:31, 30 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]