Talk:Piano Quintet (Brahms)

dedication

The princess who this is dedicated to is currently a dead link. Are we talking about the daughter of Prince Karl of Hesse and by Rhine who died in 1865? Was the dedication posthumous? (could be a memorial) Thanks. DavidRF (talk) 20:31, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Third movement description

I think the third movement is overly descriptive - the bar numbers and keys don't really support the understanding of the piece, and in truth is annoying and little hard to decipher. Wouldn't it be better to describe the themes and not be so specific after that? Xtfcr7 (talk) 15:19, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

It is out of place considering that the first two movements receive practically no analysis, and the fourth nothing anywhere near as detailed. —Mahlerlover1^(converse) 08:08, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

Date of premiere given by Swafford

I've just added a source (Grove Music Online encyclopedia) which agrees that the premiere was given on 22 June 1866 in Leipzig. Oddly enough, Swafford's biography indicates the "the F Minor Piano Quintet (reworked from the string quintet and the two-piano sonata) has its world premiere in Paris" in the spring of 1868. I'm not sure if this is referring to a different version of the work, or if there is something else I'm missing. This claim is made just before Swafford's discussion of the work itself. Since I can't find any other support for an 1868 premiere, I'm sticking with 1866 but leaving this here in case it proves helpful to anyone in the future. Johan Brahm (talk) 11:23, 27 May 2023 (UTC)

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