Sonata for Cello and Piano in E minor, Op. 38 - Brahms Cello these sonatas were first examined

these sonatas were first examined in 2002

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Of the famous sonatas

Emeritus Professor of Music Theory at the Eastman School of Music

Sonata for Cello and Piano in E minor, Op. 38 - Brahms Cello these sonatas were first examinedThe first three movements of Johannes Brahms E minor Cello Sonata were composed in 1862, the last movement was written in 1865. During the first years of its performance the work was received with mixed enthusiasm. By the end of Brahms life, however, it was widely performed and by the first decades of the 20th century it was firmly embedded in the repertoire of many distinguished cellists. It was notably Robert Hausmanns advocacy of the work which