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Violin Sonata No. 2 (Brahms)

Sonata for Piano and Violin

The composer around 1885

KeyA major
Opus100
Composed1886 (1886)
Performed2 December 1886 (1886-12-02): Vienna
Movementsthree

The Violin Sonata No.

2 in A major, Op. 100 ("Thun" or "Meistersinger"), by Johannes Brahms was written while spending the summer of 1886 in Thun in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland.

It was a very fertile and refreshing time for Brahms. His friend, the Swiss pastor and poet Josef Victor Widmann [de] (1842–1911), lived in Bern and they visited each other.

He was also visited by the poet Klaus Groth and the young German contralto Hermine Spies.

Violin Sonata No.2, Op.100 (Brahms, Johannes) - IMSLP

Both Groth and Brahms were somewhat enamoured of Spies.[1] He found himself so invigorated by the genial atmosphere and surroundings that he said the area was "so full of melodies that one has to be careful not to step on any". In a short space of time, he produced, in additi Violin Sonata No. 2 Violin - Sheet music - Cantorion - Free ...

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