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==Serenade No. 1 in D, Op. 11== |
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The first [[serenade]] was completed in [[1857]] when Brahms was also working on his [[Piano Concerto No. 1 (Brahms)|First Piano Concerto]]. Originally scored for wind and string [[octet]] and then expanded into a longer work for [[chamber music|chamber]] [[nonet (music)|nonet]] ([http://www.riverdaleensemble.com/Conc0202.html]), it was later adapted for orchestra. |
The first [[serenade]] was completed in [[1857]] when Brahms was also working on his [[Piano Concerto No. 1 (Brahms)|First Piano Concerto]]. Originally scored for wind and string [[octet (music)|octet]] and then expanded into a longer work for [[chamber music|chamber]] [[nonet (music)|nonet]] ([http://www.riverdaleensemble.com/Conc0202.html]), it was later adapted for orchestra. |
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It consists of six [[movement (music)|movements]] and lasts slightly less than forty minutes. |
It consists of six [[movement (music)|movements]] and lasts slightly less than forty minutes. |
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Revision as of 19:22, 13 October 2006
The two Serenades, Opp. 11 and 16, represented two of the earliest efforts by Johannes Brahms to write orchestral music. They both date from the 1850s when the composer was residing in Detmold.
Serenade No. 1 in D, Op. 11
The first serenade was completed in 1857 when Brahms was also working on his First Piano Concerto. Originally scored for wind and string octet and then expanded into a longer work for chamber nonet ([1]), it was later adapted for orchestra.
It consists of six movements and lasts slightly less than forty minutes.
- Allegro molto (D major)
- Scherzo. Allegro non troppo (D minor) – Trio. Poco più moto (B flat major)
- Adagio non troppo (B flat major)
- Menuetto I (G major) – Menuetto II (G minor)
- Scherzo. Allegro (D major) – Trio
- Rondo. Allegro (D major)
Serenade No. 2 in A, Op. 16
The second serenade was written in 1859 and dedicated to Clara Schumann. It was revised in 1875.
The five movements take just under thirty minutes to perform.
- Allegro moderato (A major)
- Scherzo. Vivace (C major) – Trio (F major)
- Adagio non troppo (A minor)
- Quasi menuetto (D major) – Trio (F sharp minor)
- Rondo. Allegro (A major)