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DIETRICH/SCHUMANN/BRAHMS: “F-A-E” Sonata for Violin and Piano
Born Forsthaus Golk, near Meissen, Aug. 28, 1829; died Berlin,
Nov. 20, 1908 Born Zwickau, June 8, 1810; died Endenich, July
28, 1856 Born Hamburg, May 7, 1833; died Vienna, April 3, 1897
"F-A-E" Sonata for Violin and Piano Composed in 1853; 22 minutes
In the fall of 1853, 20-year-old Johannes Brahms traveled to
Düsseldorf to meet the man he admired above all living
composers. Robert Schumann had heard about Brahms from their
mutual friend, the great Hungarian violinist Joseph Joachim. He
welcomed his visitor warmly and promptly introduced him to his
student Albert Dietrich. “Someone is here,” Schumann said, “of
whom we shall one day hear all sorts of wonderful things.”
According to Dietrich, he and Schumann were instantly taken with
“the interesting and unusual-looking musician, who, seemingly
hardly more than a boy in his short gray summer coat, with his
high voice and long fair hair, made