Composition: Violin Concerto, Op. 77 (Brahms, Johannes)
| Title | Violin Concerto |
| Creators | Johannes Brahms (composer) |
| Opus | Op.77 |
| Instrumentation | violin and orchestra |
| Number of movements | 3 |
| Keys | D major |
| Composed | 1878 |
| First published | 1879 |
| Dedication | Joseph Joachim |
| Tempo markings | — |
| Metronome markings | — |
| Time signatures | — |
| Average duration (sec) | 2340 |
| Number of measures | — |
| Composition types | Concertos |
| Period | Romantic |
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Sections
| Title click for details |
Metronome | Key | Measures |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allegro non troppo | — | — | — |
| Adagio | — | — | — |
| Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace | — | — | — |
Arrangements
| Details | Section | Arranged for | Arranger |
|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete | violin and piano | — |
| view | Complete | violin and piano | Adolf Busch and Joseph Joachim |
| view | Complete | violin and piano | Joseph Joachim |
| view | Complete | piano | Paul Klengel |
| view | Adagio (No.2) | alto recorder and keyboard | Paul-Gustav Feller |
| view | Cadenzas | — | Leopold Auer |
| view | Cadenzas | — | Tor Aulin |
| view | Cadenzas | — | Alberto Bachmann |
| view | Cadenzas | — | Vasily Bezekirsky |
| view | Cadenzas | — | Renaud Déjardin |
| view | Cadenzas | — | Władysław Górski |
| view | Cadenzas | — | Carl Halir |
| view | Cadenzas | — | Joseph Joachim |
| view | Cadenzas | — | Henri Marteau |
| view | Cadenzas | — | Henry Schradieck |
| view | Cadenzas | — | Benjamin Shute |
| view | Cadenzas | — | Varun Ryan Soontornniyomkij |
| view | Cadenzas | — | Julius Winkler |
| view | Cadenzas | — | Florián Zajíc |
Scores
| Details | Section | Type | Publisher | Date | File |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete | — | Manuscript | 1800 | Complete Score (published facsimile) · view 1. Allegro non troppo (segment 1) · view 1. Allegro non troppo (segment 2) · view 2. Adagio · view 3. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace (segment 1) · view 3. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace (segment 2) · view |
| view | Complete | — | N. Simrock | 1879 | Complete Score (color) · view Complete Score (monochrome) · view |
| view | Complete | — | Breitkopf und Härtel | — | Complete Score (scan) · view 1. Allegro non troppo · view 2. Adagio · view 3. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo · view Title Pages (scan) · view |
| view | Complete | parts | Manuscript | — | Violin Solo (monographic) · view |
| view | Complete | parts | Breitkopf und Härtel | — | Flute 1, 2 · view Oboe 1, 2 · view Clarinet 1, 2 (A, B) · view Clarinet 1 · view Bassoon 1, 2 · view Horn 1, 2 (D, F), 3, 4 (E) · view Trumpet 1, 2 (D) · view Timpani · view Violins I, II · view Violas · view Cellos · view Basses · view |
| view | Complete | parts | Lance Humphrey Cowled | 2019 | Trumpet 1 (B) (no key signatures) · view Trumpet 1 (B) (with key signatures) · view Trumpet 2 (B) (no key signatures) · view Trumpet 2 (B) (with key signatures) · view |
| view | Complete | parts,selections | — | — | Clarinet 1, 2 (B) (Mvmts 1, 3 - transposed) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for violin and piano | N. Simrock | 1879 | Complete Score and Violin Part (black and white) · view Complete Score and Violin Part (grayscale) · view Complete Score and Violin Part (color) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for violin and piano | Schirmer | 1920 | Violin · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for violin and piano |
Breitkopf und Härtel | — | Complete Score and Violin Part (with cadenzas) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for violin and piano |
Muzgiz | 1978 | Complete Score and Violin Part (with cadenza) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano |
N. Simrock | 1923 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Adagio (No.2) | Arrangement for alto recorder and keyboard |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Cadenzas | Arrangement |
Carl Fischer | 1916 | Complete Cadenza · view |
| view | Cadenzas | Arrangement |
N. Simrock | — | Complete Cadenza · view |
| view | Cadenzas | Arrangement |
N. Simrock | 1909 | Complete Cadenza · view |
| view | Cadenzas | Arrangement |
N. Simrock | 1909 | Complete Cadenza · view |
| view | Cadenzas | Arrangement |
— | — | Complete Cadenza · view |
| view | Cadenzas | Arrangement |
N. Simrock | 1913 | Complete Cadenza · view |
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N. Simrock | 1895 | Complete Cadenza · view |
| view | Cadenzas | Arrangement |
N. Simrock | 1902 | Complete Cadenza · view |
| view | Cadenzas | Arrangement |
N. Simrock | 1905 | Complete Cadenza · view |
| view | Cadenzas | Arrangement |
Schirmer | 1915 | Complete Cadenza · view |
| view | Cadenzas | Arrangement |
Benjamin Shute | 2003 | Complete Cadenza · view |
| view | Cadenzas | Arrangement |
Varun Soontornniyomkij | 2021 | Complete Cadenza · view |
| view | Cadenzas | Arrangement |
Doblinger | — | Complete Cadenza · view |
| view | Cadenzas | Arrangement |
N. Simrock | 1905 | Complete Cadenza · view |
Recordings/Performances
| Details | Type | Section | Ensemble | Performers | Arranged for | Files | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Synthesized | — | Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (orchestra) | Michel Schwalbé (violin) and Ernest Ansermet (conductor) | — | Complete Performance · file | |
| view | Synthesized | — | Berliner Philharmoniker (orchestra) | Yehudi Menuhin (violin) and Rudolf Kempe (conductor) | — | 1. Allegro non troppo · file 2. Adagio · file 3. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace · file |
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| view | Synthesized | — | Orchestre national de France (orchestra) | Henryk Szeryng (violin) and Carl Schuricht (conductor) | — | Complete Performance · file | |
| view | Synthesized | — | Wiener Philharmoniker (orchestra) | Christian Ferras (violin) and Carl Schuricht (conductor) and Fritz Kreisler (performer) | — | Complete Performance · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Synthesized | Cadenzas | — | Soontornniyomkij | Synthesized Performance · file |
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