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

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piano sonata solo piano work

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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All labels observed (2)

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

Statements (49)

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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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