Johannes Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 1 in C major, Op. 1

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Johannes Brahms’s Piano Sonata No. 1 in C major, Op. 1 is a large-scale, virtuosic early Romantic piano work that showcases the young composer’s structural ambition and expressive intensity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf piano sonata
solo piano work
approximateCompositionPeriod 1852–1853
catalogueNumber Op. 1
composer Johannes Brahms
compositionYear 1852
countryOfOrigin Germany
dedicatedTo Joseph Joachim
firstMovementKey C major
firstMovementTitle Allegro
fourthMovementKey C major
fourthMovementTitle Finale
fourthMovementType rondo-like finale
genre Romantic piano music
influencedBy Franz Schubert
Ludwig van Beethoven
instrumentation solo piano
key C major
language none (instrumental)
movementCount 4
notableFeature Beethovenian symphonic conception
dense motivic development
expressive intensity
large-scale structure
virtuosic piano writing
number No. 1
openingGesture bold arpeggiated chords in C major
opusNumber Op. 1
period Romantic era
placeOfComposition Hamburg
Hanover
surface form: Hannover
premierePerformer Johannes Brahms
premiereYear 1853
publicationYear 1853
publisher Breitkopf & Härtel
relatedWorkByComposer Piano Sonata No. 2 in F-sharp minor, Op. 2
Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5
secondMovementBasis poem "Junge Liebe" by Otto Inkermann (pseudonym C. O. Sternau)
secondMovementKey A minor
secondMovementTitle Andante
secondMovementType song-like variations
structuralAmbition symphonic scale and scope
style early Romantic
thirdMovementKey E minor
thirdMovementTitle Scherzo
thirdMovementType scherzo and trio
typicalPerformanceDuration about 30 minutes
virtuosityLevel high
workNumberInComposerOutput first published work

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Clara Schumann (as dedicatee and performer) dedicateeOf Johannes Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 1 in C major, Op. 1
subject surface form: Clara Schumann
Johannes Brahms notableWork Johannes Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 1 in C major, Op. 1
this entity surface form: Piano Sonata No. 1 in C major, Op. 1