Violin Sonata No. 1 (Brahms)

Violin Sonata in G major
No. 1
by Johannes Brahms
The opening violin part
KeyG major
Opus78
Composed1878 (1878)–1879
Performed8 November 1879 (1879-11-08): Bonn
Movementsthree

The Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78, Regensonate, for violin and piano was composed by Johannes Brahms during the summers of 1878 and 1879 in Pörtschach am Wörthersee. It was first performed on 8 November 1879 in Bonn, by the husband and wife Robert Heckmann (violin) and Marie Heckmann-Hertig (piano).

The autograph manuscript of the sonata is preserved in the Wienbibliothek im Rathaus.