Brahms: Sonata Movement from the F. A. E. Sonata, WoO 2

Composer: Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Editors: Clive Brown, Neal Peres Da Costa Instrumentation: Piano, Violin Work: Scherzo in C Minor (Sonatansatz from the F.A.E. Sonata), WoO 2 Binding: ISMN: 9790006544462 Size: 9.6 x 12.2 inches Pages: 21 Urtext / Critical Edition Description The year 1853 was of great importance to Johannes Brahms, on a personal and also on a professional level, for it was then that he first met Joseph Joachim, Robert and Clara Schumann, all three of whom, in their various ways, were to exercise an enormous influence on his life. During that same year, Robert Schumann, his composition student Albert Dietrich as well as Brahms decided to compose a violin sonata as a joint venture and as a surprise gift for Joachim. Dietrich composed the first movement, Schumann the second and Brahms the third. The front page of the manuscript score was inscribed by Schumann with the title F.A.E., standing for Joachim's motto "Frei aber Einsam" (free but lonely).