String Sextet No. 2 (Brahms)

Johannes Brahms' String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Opus 36 was composed during the years of 1864–1865 (although it drew on material from earlier times) and published by the firm of Fritz Simrock. It was first performed in Boston, Massachusetts on October 11, 1866, with the European premiere following the next month in Zurich.[1]

The work is scored for two violins, two violas, and two celli, and has four movements:[2]

1. Allegro non troppo (G major)
2. Scherzo – Allegro non troppo – Presto giocoso (G minor)
3. Adagio (E minor)
4. Poco allegro (G major)

Brahms did most of the composition in the comfortable country surroundings of Lichtental, near Baden-Baden. According to Brahms' biographer Karl Geiringer, it conceals a reference to the first name of Agathe von Siebold (with whom he was infatuated at the time) in the first movement, bars 162–168, with the notes a-g-a-h-e.[3]

It is characterized by the exotic-sounding opening of its first movement, by innovative chord structures, and by its many contrasts, both technical and melodic.

## Contents

* 1 Arrangements
* 2 Popular culture
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Arrangements[edit]

Brahms himself arranged the work for piano four-hands. Theodor Kirchner arranged it for piano trio.[4] Swedish composer Kurt Atterberg arranged the sextet for string orchestra[5] in 1939.

## Popular culture[edit]

The first movement of this sextet is prominent in the last sequence of Bertrand Blier's 1979 film Buffet froid.

## References[edit]

1. ^ Keller, James M. (2011). Chamber Music: A Listener's Guide. New York: Oxford University Press US. p. 102\. ISBN 978-0-19-538253-2. Retrieved July 29, 2011.
2. ^ "Streichsextett Nr. 2" [String Sextet No. 2] (in German). Klassika. October 28, 2011. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
3. ^ Geiringer, Karl. Brahms: His Life and Work New York: Da Capo Press, ISBN 0-306-80223-6, pp 60, 91, 230–231
4. ^ String Sextet No.2, Op.36 (Brahms, Johannes), imslp.org, accessed 25 November 2019
5. ^ Atterberg: Cello Concerto; Brahms/Atterberg: Sextet / Mork, Järvi Review by David Hurwitz "Atterberg certainly knew what he was doing... the work sounds very beautiful and entirely natural in its larger guise." www.classicstoday.com, accessed 7 December 2019

## External links[edit]

* String Sextet No. 2, Op. 36: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
* Recording by the Borromeo String Quartet with violist Liz Freivogel and cellist Daniel McDonough from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in MP3 format

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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 Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 51 No. 1
* String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 51 No. 2
* 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

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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

* Category
* Audio

Authority control

General|

* WorldCat (via Library of Congress)

National libraries|

* France (data)
* United States

Other|

* MusicBrainz work

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