Cello Sonata No. 2 (Brahms)

Cello Sonata in F major
Cello Sonata in F major
No. 2
by Johannes Brahms
	The composer c. 1885
Native name	Sonate für Klavier und Violoncello
Key	F major
Opus	99
Composed	1886
Dedication	Robert Hausmann
Published	1887
Movements	four

The Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op. 99, was written by Johannes Brahms in 1886,^[1] more than twenty years after completing his Sonata No. 1. It was first published in 1887.^[2] It was written for, dedicated to and first performed by Robert Hausmann, who had popularised the First Sonata, and who would the following year be given the honour of premiering the Double Concerto in A minor with Joseph Joachim.

Musical description

There are four movements:

Allegro vivace
Adagio affettuoso in F♯ major^[2]
Allegro passionato in F minor^[2]
Allegro molto

First movement

The Allegro vivace is a sonata form opening with a fragmented cello theme over a tremolo piano part.^[3] Its bipartite exposition somewhat unusually traverses F major, C major, and A minor;^[4] Roger Graybill argued that the tonal plan may be read as ultimately returning to F major, given the intricate motivic structure of its voice leading.^[5]

Second movement

Adagio affettuoso, with the cello part opening in a pizzicato exposition of the main theme over piano chords.^[6] The central section is in F minor.^[7]

Third movement

Allegro passionato in F minor, with a more songlike trio section in F major.

Fourth movement

Allegro molto; a rondo.

Notes

^ "About - Johannes Brahms - Cello Sonata No.2 in F, Op.99". All Music Guide. 2008. Retrieved 2013-02-26.
^ ^a ^b ^c IMSLP2 score.
^ Woodstra, Chris; Brennan, Gerald; Schrott, Allen (2005). All music guide to classical music: the definitive guide to classical music at Google Books, page 191. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 0-87930-865-6.
^ Graybill 1988, 43.
^ Graybill 1988, 49–51.
^ Page 13 of 32 of IMSLP2 first score - first two bars of Adagio affettuoso.
^ All music guide; IMSLP2 score.

Bibliography

Graybill, Roger. 1988. "Harmonic Circularity in Brahms's F Major Cello Sonata: An Alternative to Schenker's Reading in Free Composition". Music Theory Spectrum 10(1):43–55. doi:10.1525/mts.1988.10.1.02a00040.

External links

Brahms Cello Sonata No. 2: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
Performance of Cello Sonata No. 2 by Wendy Warner (cello) and Irina Nuzova (piano) from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in MP3 format

[1] "About - Johannes Brahms - Cello Sonata No.2 in F, Op.99". All Music Guide. 2008. Retrieved 2013-02-26.

[imslp2-2] IMSLP2 score.

[3] Woodstra, Chris; Brennan, Gerald; Schrott, Allen (2005). All music guide to classical music: the definitive guide to classical music at Google Books, page 191. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 0-87930-865-6.

[FOOTNOTEGraybill198843-4] Graybill 1988, 43.

[FOOTNOTEGraybill198849–51-5] Graybill 1988, 49–51.

[6] Page 13 of 32 of IMSLP2 first score - first two bars of Adagio affettuoso.

[7] All music guide; IMSLP2 score.

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v t e Chamber music by Johannes Brahms
Duos	Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38 Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op. 99 Clarinet Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 120, No. 1 Clarinet Sonata No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 120, No. 2 Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78 Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 100 Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108
Trios	Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op. 114 Horn Trio in E-flat major, Op. 40 Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8 Piano Trio No. 2 in C major, Op. 87 Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 101 Piano Trio in A major, Anh. 4/5 (doubtful)
Quartets	Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25 Piano Quartet No. 2 in A major, Op. 26 Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60 String Quartets, Op. 51 (No. 1 in C minor; No. 2 in A minor) String Quartet No. 3 in B-flat major, Op. 67
Quintets & Sextets	Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115 Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 String Quintet No. 1 in F major, Op. 88 String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 111 String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 18 String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36
List of compositions by Johannes Brahms

v t e Johannes Brahms
List of compositions
Orchestral works	Academic Festival Overture Serenades Symphony No. 1 in C minor Symphony No. 2 in D major Symphony No. 3 in F major Symphony No. 4 in E minor Tragic Overture Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Concertante	Double Concerto Piano Concerto No. 1 Piano Concerto No. 2 Violin Concerto
Vocal works with orchestra	A German Requiem Alto Rhapsody Gesang der Parzen Nänie Rinaldo Schicksalslied Triumphlied
Chamber music	Cello Sonata No. 1 Cello Sonata No. 2 Clarinet Quintet Clarinet Sonatas Clarinet Trio Horn Trio Piano Quartet No. 1 Piano Quartet No. 2 Piano Quartet No. 3 Piano Quintet Piano Trio No. 1 Piano Trio No. 2 Piano Trio No. 3 String Quartet No. 3 String Quintet No. 1 String Quintet No. 2 String Sextet No. 1 String Sextet No. 2 Two String Quartets, Op. 51 Violin Sonata No. 1 Violin Sonata No. 2 Violin Sonata No. 3
Piano works	Ballades, Op. 10 Fantasies, Op. 116 Four Pieces for Piano, Op. 119 Hungarian Dances Piano Sonata No. 1 Piano Sonata No. 2 Piano Sonata No. 3 Rhapsodies, Op. 79 Six Pieces for Piano, Op. 118 Sixteen Waltzes, Op. 39 Three Intermezzi for piano, Op. 117 Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel Variations on a Theme of Paganini
Other compositions	Eleven Chorale Preludes Fest- und Gedenksprüche Fünf Gesänge, Op. 104 Fünf Lieder, Op. 105 Geistliches Lied Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op. 52 Neue Liebeslieder Two Motets, Op. 74 Two Songs for Voice, Viola and Piano, Op. 91 Vier ernste Gesänge "Wiegenlied (Lullaby)", Op. 49, no. 4 Zigeunerlieder
Collaborations	F-A-E Sonata
Named for Brahms	1818 Brahms Brahms (crater) Brahms Inlet
Related articles	Brahms House (Baden-Baden) Brahms Museum (Hamburg) Brahms Museum, Mürzzuschlag Brahms guitar Brahms-Institut Brahms-Preis German Romanticism International Johannes Brahms Competition Musical cryptogram Three Bs Op. 120, No. 1 (Berio)
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