| Violin Concerto | |
|---|---|
| by Johannes Brahms | |
&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Johannes_Brahms,_1876.jpg) Brahms in 1876 | |
| Key | D major |
| Opus | 77 |
| Period | Romantic |
| Genre | Concerto |
| Composed | 1878 |
| Movements | 3 |
| Scoring | Violin & Orchestra |
| Premiere | |
| Date | 1 January 1879 |
| Location | Leipzig |
The Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77, was composed by Johannes Brahms in 1878 and dedicated to his friend, the violinist Joseph Joachim. It is Brahms's only violin concerto, and, according to Joachim, one of the four great German violin concerti:[1]
The Germans have four violin concertos. The greatest, most uncompromising is Beethoven's. The one by Brahms vies with it in seriousness. The richest, the most seductive, was written by Max Bruch. But the most inward, the heart's jewel, is Mendelssohn's.
- ^ Steinberg, Michael. "Bruch: Concerto No. 1 in G Minor for Violin and Orchestra, Opus 26". San Francisco Symphony. Archived from the original on 7 November 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2017.