String Quartet No.1, Op.51 No.1 (Brahms, Johannes)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements
Composition Year 1865-1873 ca.
Genre Categories Quartets; For 2 violins, viola, cello; Scores featuring the violin; Scores featuring the viola; Scores featuring the cello; For 4 players; For 2 pianos (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For 2 players (arr); For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano 4 hands (arr); For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr)

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Performances

Recordings

 Complete Performance
#243511 - 30.42MB - 33:13 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 6516×⇩ - MP3 - Cypressdome

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Cypressdome (2012/7/22)

Performer Pages Borromeo String Quartet (String Quartet)
Publisher Info. Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
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 Complete Performance
#417956 - 37.46MB - 32:44 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 733×⇩ - MP3 - Cypressdome

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Cypressdome (2016/4/6)

Performer Pages Musicians from Marlboro (String Quartet)
Publisher Info. Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
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Sheet Music

Scores

 Complete Score
#23065 - 7.37MB, 41 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 12206×⇩ - Ivdruiz

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Ivdruiz (2008/10/13)

Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. Berlin: N. Simrock, n.d.[1873]. Plate 7378.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Colour scan with digital watermark
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 Complete Score
#218082 - 2.10MB, 40 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 7882×⇩ - Aldona Jones

PDF scanned by US-R
Aldona Jones (2012/5/11)

Publisher. Info. Berlin: N. Simrock, n.d.(ca.1900). Plate 11365.
Reprinted Leipzig: Eulenburg, No.240, n.d.
Copyright
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 Complete Score (scan) (Preview)
#242305 - 4.57MB, 26 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V*/V*/V* - 4597×⇩ - piupianissimo

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piupianissimo (2012/7/14)

 Complete Score (medium quality) (Preview)
#05719 - 1.88MB, 26 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V*/V*/V* - 8726×⇩ - Goldberg988

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Goldberg988 (2007/5/5)

Editor Hans Gál (1890-1987)
Publisher. Info. Sämtliche Werke, Band 7:
Kammermusik für Streichinstrumente (pp.186-211)
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1926-27. Plate J.B. 22.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes scan: score scanned at 600dpi (High Quality Scanning)
medium quality: scanned at 300dpi.
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Parts

 Violin 1
#478622 - 0.96MB, 14 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 785×⇩ - Carolus

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Carolus (2010/11/24)

 Violin 2
#478623 - 0.69MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 501×⇩ - Carolus

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Carolus (2010/11/24)

 Viola
#478624 - 0.66MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 616×⇩ - Carolus

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Carolus (2010/11/24)

 Cello
#478625 - 0.56MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 586×⇩ - Carolus

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Carolus (2010/11/24)

Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. Zwei Quartette, Op.51
Berlin: N. Simrock, n.d.[1873]. Plate 7380.
Copyright
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 Complete Parts
#513468 - 9.52MB, 46 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/C/V - 249×⇩ - IgorCello

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IgorCello (2018/2/22)

Publisher. Info. Moscow: Muzgiz, 1932.
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 Violin 1
#720390 - 0.33MB, 14 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1113×⇩ - Mvrasaki

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Mvrasaki (2021/7/29)

 Violin 2
#720391 - 0.28MB, 11 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 574×⇩ - Mvrasaki

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Mvrasaki (2021/7/29)

 Viola
#720392 - 0.28MB, 12 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 817×⇩ - Mvrasaki

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Mvrasaki (2021/7/29)

 Cello
#720393 - 0.24MB, 11 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 723×⇩ - Mvrasaki

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Mvrasaki (2021/7/29)

Editor Mvrasaki
Publisher. Info. Mvrasaki
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 Cello
#608318 - 0.40MB, 20 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 340×⇩ - Phrederica

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Phrederica (2020/2/4)

Editor Sheryl Smith (b. 1959)
Publisher. Info. Sheryl Smith
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For 2 Pianos (Babcock)

 Piano 1
#887952 - 0.36MB, 34 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 40×⇩ - Gaylon Babcock

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Gaylon Babcock (2023/12/12)

 Piano 2
#887953 - 0.32MB, 31 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 25×⇩ - Gaylon Babcock

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Gaylon Babcock (2023/12/12)

Arranger Gaylon Babcock
Publisher. Info. Gaylon Babcock
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Misc. Notes each part designed to be printed front and back
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For Piano 4 hands

 Complete Score
#56597 - 5.65MB, 48 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 890×⇩ - Morel

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Morel (2010/2/19)

 Color Cover
#56598 - 0.77MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 195×⇩ - Morel

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Morel (2010/2/19)

Arranger Composer
Publisher. Info. Berlin: N. Simrock, n.d.[1873]. Plate 7385.
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For Piano (Klengel)

 Complete Score
#18636 - 1.32MB, 26 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1373×⇩ - Caprotti

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Caprotti (2008/7/12)

Arranger Paul Klengel (1854-1935)
Publisher. Info. Berlin: N. Simrock, n.d.[1897]. Plate 10714.
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Braille Scores

 Complete Score
#898763 - 0.06MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 49×⇩ - Feduol

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Feduol (2024/2/7)

Editor Hans Gál (1890-1987)
Hu Haipeng (b. 1984)
Publisher. Info. Hu Haipeng, 2022.
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Misc. Notes Braille score in bar-over-bar format, 40 cells per line.
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General Information

Work Title String Quartet No.1
Alternative. Title
Name Translations 1. Streichquartett; String Quartet No. 1; Quatuor à cordes nº 1; 弦楽四重奏曲第1番
Name Aliases Streichquartett Nr. 1
Authorities BNF: 14822030x
Composer Brahms, Johannes
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.51 No.1
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IJB 126
Key C minor
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements:
  1. Allegro
  2. Romanze. Poco adagio
  3. Allegretto molto moderato e comodo — Un poco più animato
  4. Allegro
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1865-1873 ca.
First Performance. 1873-12-11 in Vienna
First Publication. 1873 (November) Berlin: N. Simrock
Dedication Theodor Billroth
Average DurationAvg. Duration 32 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation 2 violins, viola, cello
External Links Wikipedia article (Op.51)
KDH Listening Guide
Extra Information Version History
  • Composed for string quartet between 1865 and 1873 ca.
  • Arranged by Brahms for piano 4 hands, 1873 ca.

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