String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 18

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chamber music composition classical music composition string sextet

String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 18 is a richly textured chamber work for two violins, two violas, and two cellos, composed by Johannes Brahms in the 1860s and admired for its lyrical warmth and structural mastery.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 18 canonical	2
Brahms string sextets	1
Streichsextett Nr. 1 B-Dur, op. 18	1
first string sextet by Johannes Brahms	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	chamber music composition ⓘ classical music composition ⓘ string sextet ⓘ
associatedComposer	Johannes Brahms ⓘ
catalogueNumber	Op. 18 ⓘ
composer	Johannes Brahms ⓘ
compositionEndDate	1861 ⓘ
compositionStartDate	1860 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Germany ⓘ
dedication	Joseph Joachim ⓘ
ensembleType	string sextet ⓘ
era	19th century ⓘ
formOfFinalMovement	rondo form ⓘ
formOfFirstMovement	sonata form ⓘ
genre	Romantic chamber music ⓘ
hasInstrumentation	two violins, two violas, and two cellos ⓘ
influencedBy	Classical tradition of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven ⓘ
key	B-flat major ⓘ
languageOfTitle	German ⓘ
movement	Allegro ma non troppo ⓘ Andante ma moderato ⓘ Rondo: Poco allegretto e grazioso ⓘ Scherzo: Allegro molto ⓘ
notableFeature	lyrical warmth ⓘ richly textured writing for strings ⓘ structural mastery ⓘ
numberOfMovements	4 ⓘ
opusNumber	Op. 18 ⓘ
originalTitle	String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 18 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Streichsextett Nr. 1 B-Dur, op. 18
period	Romantic ⓘ
positionInOeuvre	String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 18 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: first string sextet by Johannes Brahms
premiereDate	1860s ⓘ
publicationDate	1862 ⓘ
publisher	N. Simrock ⓘ surface form: Fritz Simrock
reception	highly regarded in the chamber music repertoire ⓘ
relatedWork	String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36 ⓘ
scoredFor	two cellos ⓘ two violas ⓘ two violins ⓘ
structure	four-movement classical form ⓘ
style	Brahmsian lyricism ⓘ dense contrapuntal writing ⓘ
typicalPerformanceDuration	approximately 35 minutes ⓘ
typicalVenue	chamber music concert ⓘ
workNumberInComposerOutput	early chamber work ⓘ

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

Johannes Brahms → notableWork → String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 18 ⓘ

String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 18 → originalTitle → String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 18 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Streichsextett Nr. 1 B-Dur, op. 18

String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 18 → positionInOeuvre → String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 18 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: first string sextet by Johannes Brahms

String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36 → relatedWork → String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 18 ⓘ

String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36 → hasCatalogueGrouping → String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 18 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Brahms string sextets