Violin Sonata No.3, Op.108 (Brahms, Johannes)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements
Composition Year 1886–88
Genre Categories Sonatas; For violin, piano; Scores featuring the violin; Scores featuring the piano; For 2 players; For viola, piano (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); Scores featuring the viola (arr); For 2 players (arr); For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano 4 hands (arr); For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr); For cello, piano (arr); Scores featuring the cello (arr)

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Performances

Recordings

 Complete Performance
#109725 - 19.21MB - 20:58 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 7826×⇩ - MP3 - Cypressdome

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Cypressdome (2011/7/18)

Publisher Info. Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Performers Mayuko Kamio (violin)
Pei-Yao Wang (piano)
Copyright
Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives 3.0 [tag/del]
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 1. Allegro (EU)
#720635 - 10.93MB - 7:43 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/67/V - 929×⇩ - MP3 - Lucas-coelho

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Lucas-coelho (2021/7/30)

 2. Adagio (EU)
#720636 - 7.60MB - 5:32 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/67/V - 703×⇩ - MP3 - Lucas-coelho

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Lucas-coelho (2021/7/30)

 3. Un poco presto e con sentimento (EU)
#720637 - 4.03MB - 2:56 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/67/V - 190×⇩ - MP3 - Lucas-coelho

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Lucas-coelho (2021/7/30)

 4. Presto agitato (EU)
#720638 - 7.51MB - 5:17 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/67/V - 397×⇩ - MP3 - Lucas-coelho

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Lucas-coelho (2021/7/30)

Performer Pages Isaac Stern (violin)
Alexander Zakin (piano)
Publisher Info. CBS, 1963. SBRG 72157.
Copyright
Public Domain - Non-PD US [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Source: Internet Archive
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 1. Allegro (EU)
#720617 - 13.78MB - 7:48 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/67/V - 284×⇩ - MP3 - Lucas-coelho

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Lucas-coelho (2021/7/30)

 2. Adagio (EU)
#720618 - 8.31MB - 4:41 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/67/V - 210×⇩ - MP3 - Lucas-coelho

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Lucas-coelho (2021/7/30)

 3. Un poco presto e con sentimento (EU)
#720619 - 5.23MB - 2:59 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/67/V - 84×⇩ - MP3 - Lucas-coelho

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Lucas-coelho (2021/7/30)

 4. Presto agitato (EU)
#720620 - 9.96MB - 5:56 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/67/V - 136×⇩ - MP3 - Lucas-coelho

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Lucas-coelho (2021/7/30)

Performer Pages Arthur Rubinstein (piano)
Henryk Szeryng (violin)
Publisher Info. RCA Victor Red Seal, 1962. LM 2619.
Copyright
Public Domain - Non-PD US [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Source: Internet Archive
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Sheet Music

Scores and Parts

 Complete Score and Violin Part (black and white)
#204179 - 5.06MB, 42 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 29910×⇩ - Cypressdome

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Cypressdome (2012/4/14)

 Complete Score and Violin Part (color)
#203394 - 61.55MB, 45 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 5404×⇩ - Caprotti

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Caprotti (2012/4/13)

 Complete Score and Violin Part (color)
#23152 - 9.58MB, 45 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 12294×⇩ - Ivdruiz

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Ivdruiz (2008/10/14)

 Complete Score and Violin Part (grayscale)
#28896 - 5.19MB, 46 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 11939×⇩ - Zelenka

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Zelenka (2009/2/25)

Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. Berlin: N. Simrock, 1889. Plate 9196.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes #204179: Original images: 800dpi, color jpg files approx. 6000 by 7550 pixels.
Editing: converted to black and white tif files, de-skewed, and set uniform margins.
#203394: high resolution colour scan. Last page of the violin part is missing
#23152: Colour scan with digital watermark
#28896: Grayscale conversion.
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 Complete Score (scan) (Preview)
#112435 - 4.68MB, 31 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V*/V*/V* - 12296×⇩ - piupianissimo

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piupianissimo (2011/8/6)

 Complete Score (filter) (Preview)
#112436 - 3.68MB, 31 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V*/V*/V* - 5730×⇩ - piupianissimo

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piupianissimo (2011/8/6)

 Complete Score and Violin Part (lower resolution) (Preview)
#04163 - 3.57MB, 40 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V*/V*/V* - 16866×⇩ - Hobbypianist

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Hobbypianist (2007/2/28)

Editor Hans Gál (1890–1987)
Publisher. Info. Sämtliche Werke, Band 10: Klavier-Duos (pp.57-87)
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1926-27. Plate J.B. 37.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes scan: score scanned at 600dpi
filter: score filtered with 2-point algorithm explained in High Quality Scanning. I provide the original scanned version and the filtered, because the filter does some changes (smoothening, sharpening borders) and some portions of the scan get lost sometimes (when they are too small e.g.) - so you can choose your favorite. You may ask me for a manually cleaned version.
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 Complete Score (EU)
#949544 - 2.04MB, 37 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - C*/63*/V* - 2829×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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M.kowalski49 (2025/1/7)

 Violin Part (EU)
#949545 - 0.56MB, 12 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - C*/63*/V* - 3348×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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M.kowalski49 (2025/1/7)

Editor Hans-Otto Hiekel (b. 1925)
Publisher. Info. Munich: G. Henle Verlag, 1967.
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Copyright
Public Domain - See notes on copyright status for urtext editions [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes 9 x 12 scans.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Complete

For Viola and Piano (Bonds)

 Viola Part
#899137 - 1.15MB, 12 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 558×⇩ - Abonds

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Arranger Alan Ernest Bonds
Publisher. Info. Alan Ernest Bonds
Copyright
Creative Commons Zero 1.0 [tag/del]
Misc. Notes For use with the original piano part
A glorious & challenging work for either Violin or Viola - a few passages 8vb for Viola - Simrock edition (1889) with no extra fingerings or bowings superimposed.
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For Piano 4 Hands (Keller)

 Complete Score
#168317 - 2.01MB, 39 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 899×⇩ - RTM

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RTM (2012/1/5)

Arranger Robert Keller (1828–1891)
Publisher. Info. Berlin: N. Simrock, n.d.(1889). Plate 9208.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Missing Page 21
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For Piano (Klengel)

 Complete Score
#203395 - 3.93MB, 31 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1015×⇩ - Caprotti

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Caprotti (2012/4/13)

Arranger Paul Klengel (1854–1935)
Publisher. Info. Berlin: N. Simrock, No. VA 485, 1919. Plate 13904.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Ed. VA 485 according to Worldcat. First page here inserted from a violin/piano edition published 1926 by Schott...
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For Piano (Martin)

 Incomplete Score (p.1 only)
#611685 - 0.04MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 508×⇩ - Timtin

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Arranger Timothy Nicholas Martin (b. 1954)
Publisher. Info. Timothy Nicholas Martin, 2020.
Copyright
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Intended for use with Klengel arrangement.
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Adagio (No.2)

For Cello and Piano (Johnson)

 Complete Score
#981092 - 0.75MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - C/V/C - 8×⇩ - Mark.churchill

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 Cello Part
#981093 - 0.15MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - C/V/C - 4×⇩ - Mark.churchill

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Arranger Noel Johnson
Publisher. Info. Berlin: N. Simrock, 1912. Plate 9196.13119.
Copyright
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General Information

Work Title Violin Sonata No.3
Alternative. Title
Name Translations Sonate pour violon et piano n° 3; Violin Sonata No. 3; ヴァイオリンソナタ第3番 (ブラームス); Sonata n.3 per violino e pianoforte; Sonata per a violí i piano núm. 3; 第3號小提琴奏鳴曲 (勃拉姆斯); Sonata para violín n.° 3 (Brahms); Viulusonaatti nro 3 (Brahms)
Name Aliases Sonate pour violon n° 3 (Brahms); Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 108
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; LCCN: n81038746; BNF: 139088546
Composer Brahms, Johannes
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.108
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IJB 154
Key D minor
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements:
  1. Allegro
  2. Adagio
  3. Un poco presto e con sentimento
  4. Presto agitato
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1886–88
First Performance. 1888/12/21 in Budapest
Jenő Hubay (violin) ; Johannes Brahms (piano)
First Publication. 1889 (April) Berlin: N. Simrock
Dedication Hans von Bülow
Average DurationAvg. Duration 21 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation violin, piano
External Links Wikipedia article
KDH Listening Guide
Article on authentic performance with full audio at CHASE

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