Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15

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Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 is Johannes Brahms’s powerful and symphonically conceived first piano concerto, renowned for its dramatic intensity and structural grandeur.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf concerto
piano concerto
approximateDuration 40 to 50 minutes
catalogueNumber Brahms Op. 15
composer Johannes Brahms
composerNationality German
compositionEndYear 1858
compositionStartYear 1854
countryOfOrigin Germany
dedicatedTo Julius Otto Grimm
firstPublicationYear 1860
genre Romantic piano concerto
historicalReception initially received coolly by audiences
later recognized as a masterpiece of the concerto repertoire
influencedBy Ludwig van Beethoven
Robert Schumann
key D minor
languageOfTitle German
movement Adagio
Maestoso
Rondo: Allegro non troppo
movementCount 3
notableFeature dramatic and stormy first movement
lyrical and contemplative slow movement
powerful and energetic rondo finale
symphonic conception of the concerto form
numberInSeries 1
opusNumber Op. 15
orchestration pairs of woodwinds, horns, trumpets, timpani, and strings
originalTitle Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Klavierkonzert Nr. 1 d-Moll, Op. 15
premiereConductor Joseph Joachim
premiereCountry Kingdom of Hanover
premiereDate 22 January 1859
premierePerformer Johannes Brahms
premierePlace Hanover
surface form: Hannover
publisher Breitkopf & Härtel
relatedWork Brahms piano concertos
surface form: Brahms’s early symphonic sketches

Brahms’s lost early symphony in D minor
scoring solo piano and orchestra
standardRepertoire core work of the Romantic piano concerto literature
styleCharacteristic complex rhythmic structures
dense orchestral writing
integration of soloist and orchestra
rich harmonic language
tonalCenterFirstMovement D minor
tonalCenterSecondMovement D major
tonalCenterThirdMovement D minor
workPeriod Romantic period

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Johannes Brahms notableWork Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15
Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 originalTitle Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15
subject surface form: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15
this entity surface form: Klavierkonzert Nr. 1 d-Moll, Op. 15
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 originalTitle Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Klavierkonzert Nr. 1 d-Moll, Op. 15
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83 followsWork Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15