Synopses & Reviews
Standard Vienna Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde edition of Sextets Nos. 1 and 2 for Two Violins, Two Violas and Two Violoncelli, Opp. 18 and 36; Quintets Nos. 1 and 2 for Two Violins, Two Violas and Violoncello, Opp. 88 and 111; Quintet for Clarinet (or Viola), Two Violins, Viola and Violoncello, Op. 115; and Quartets Nos. 1-3 for Two Violins, Viola and Violoncello, Opp. 51 and 67.
Synopsis
The Breitkopf & Hartel edition of the complete works of Brahms (Johannes Brahms: Samtliche Werke; Ausgabe der Gesellschaft der Musikfrunde in Wien), prepared in the 1920s, is still considered the standard source for the music of Brahms. It is the music of Brahms as the composer himself conceived it, without any editor's additional markings of dynamic change, tempo variation, slurrings, phrasings, etc. As the pure, authentic text for the music of Brahms, the edition is unlikely ever to be superseded.
This volume is an unabridged republication of Volume 7 of the Complete Works. It contains the Sextets Opp. 18 and 36 (2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cello); the Quintets Opp. 88 and 111 (2 violins, 2 violas, cello); the three Quartets Opp. 51, No. 1, 51 No. 2, and 67 (2 violins, viola, cello); and the Quintet for Clarinet, Op. 115 (2 violins, clarinet or viola viola, cello).
Hans Gal, the editor for this and many of the other volumes in the series, states in a short preface the sources for the texts of the eight compositions. In every case these include at least two sources, and often as many as four; the edition in score and in parts as published by N. Simrock, Berlin; Brahms's personal copy of the Simrock score; and the original manuscript. The preface discusses the few corrections and significant variant readings. In the Dover edition, this preface is provided in both German and English.
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Synopsis
Vienna Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde edition of all quartets, quintets, and sextets without piano. Study edition.
Table of Contents
Editor's Preface (Revisionsbericht)
Sextet No. I for Two Violins, Two Violas and Two Violoncelli, B-Flat Major, Op. 18
Sextet No. 2 for Two Violins, Two Violas and Two Violoncelli, G Major, Op. 36
Quintet No. I for Two Violins, Two Violas and Violoncello, F Major, Op. 88
Quintet No. 2 for Two Violins, Two Violas and Violoncello, G Major, Op. III
Quintet for Clarinet (or Viola), Two Violins, Viola and Violoncello, Op. 115
Quartet No. I for Two Violins, Viola and Violoncello, C Minor, Op. 51, No. I
Quartet No. 2 for Two Violins, Viola and Violoncello, A Minor, Op. 51, No. 2
Quartet No. 3 for Two Violins, Viola and Violoncello, B-Flat Major, Op. 67