Johannes Brahms

Two Gavottes, WoO 3

c. 1855

Total duration: 4'

1. A minor
2. A major

These gavottes probably belonged to a suite containing also a gigue in A minor (WoO 4/1), a sarabande in A minor (WoO 5/1), a lost präludium and aria (Anh. II/14), and perhaps further movements.

Recommended editions

Neue-Brahms Ausgabe (Henle) · III/7 · HN 6009 · Klavierwerke ohne Opuszahl · ed. Camilla Cai [with completion of no. 2 by Robert Pascall]
Könemann · K 116 · Scherzo, Balladen, Rhapsodien und Tänze · ed. Enikő Gyenge [with completion of no. 2 by Enikő Gyenge]
Doblinger · Kleine Stücke · ed. Robert Pascall [with completion of no. 2 by Robert Pascall]

1. A minor

Duration: 1' 30"

Difficulty: 2.5

2. A major

This gavotte is incomplete. Brahms later used a version of this gavotte in the second movement of the string quintet no. 1 (op. 88); this can be used as the basis of a straightforward completion of the piano version.

Duration: 2' 30"

Difficulty: 3