Piano Quartet No.3 in C Minor (Brahms)

Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor - Composer: Johannes Brahms The Piano Quartet in C minor, opus 60, by Johannes Brahms is scored for piano, violin, viola and cello. The quartet is in four movements: I. Allegro Non Troppo II. Scherzo Allegro III. Andante IV. Finale Allegro Comodo The Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60, is written by Johannes Brahms. Brahms spent at least twenty years completing this work. It was begun as early as 1855 and was not completed until 20 years later, when it was published as Op. 60.

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Piano quartet
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A piano quartet is a musical ensemble consisting of a piano and three other instruments, or a piece written for such a group. In classical music, those other instruments are usually a string trio, that is a violin, viola and cello.

Piano quartets for that standard lineup were written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Robert Schumann, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Antonín Dvo345;ák and Gabriel Fauré among others. In the 20th century, composers have also written for more varied groups, with Anton Webern's Quartet, opus 22 (1930), for example, being for piano, violin, clarinet and tenor saxophone, and Olivier Messiaen's Quatuor pour la fin du temps (1940) for piano, violin, cello and clarinet. An early example of this can be found in Franz Berwald's quartet for piano, horn, clarinet and bassoon (1819), his opus 1.[1]

A rare form of piano quartets consist of two pianos with two players at each piano. This type of ensemble is informally referred to as "8 hand piano", or "2 piano 8 hands". 8 hand piano was popular in the late 1800s before the advent of recordings as it was a mechanism to reproduce and study symphonic works. Music lovers could hear the major symphonic works all in the convenience of a parlour or music hall that had two pianos and four pianists. Many of the popular works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms, Antonín Dvo345;ák were transcribed for two piano eight hands. The majority of 8 hand piano music consist of transcriptions, or arrangements.

List of works

The following is an incomplete list of piano quartets by famous composers.

Ludwig van Beethoven

Piano Quartet WoO 36, No. 1 in E-flat major
Piano Quartet WoO 36, No. 2 in D major
Piano Quartet WoO 36, No. 3 in C major

Johannes Brahms

Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25 (1859)
Piano Quartet No. 2 in A major, Op. 26 (1862)
Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60 (1875)

Frank Bridge

Phantasy Piano Quartet in F-sharp minor, H. 94 (1910)

Antonín Dvo345;ák

Piano Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 23 (1875)
Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 87 (1889)

George Enescu

Piano Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 16 (1909)
Piano Quartet No. 2 in D minor, Op. 30 (1943–1944)

Gabriel Fauré

Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15 (1876–79, Finale rev. 1883)
Piano Quartet No. 2 in G minor, Op. 45 (1885–86)

Gustav Mahler

Piano Quartet in A minor (only 1st movement completed; 1876)

Heinrich Marschner

Piano Quartet No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 36 (1827)
Piano Quartet No. 2 in G major, Op. 158 (1853)

Felix Mendelssohn

Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 1 (1822)
Piano Quartet No. 2 in F minor, Op. 2 (1823)
Piano Quartet No. 3 in B minor, Op. 3 (1825)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, K. 478 (1785)
Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat major, K. 493 (1786)

Franz Schubert

Adagio and Rondo concertante in F major, D487 (1816)

Robert Schumann

Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 47 (1842)

Joaquin Turina

Piano Quartet in A minor, Op. 67 (1931)

William Walton

Piano Quartet in D minor

Carl Maria von Weber

Piano Quartet in B-flat major, J. 76 (1809)