The German composer, Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), also played the cello when he was a child. Before composing the Sonatas we know, in E minor and F Major, he wrote an early Sonata for Cello. The work was given its Premiere performance in Hamburg at a private concert with Brahms (18) at the piano. The work was not published and lost afterwards.
Although the composer destroyed many of his own compositions, I have not yet read that this work was erased along with those we never got to know. I believe that this important work is out there and it must find its way back to the world of Chamber Music, as this is where it belongs.
If I were the lucky one to stumble across it I can promise now that I would share it with you all, so that every pianist and cellist can learn and experience its uniqueness. I hope this work is found and brought back to us.
Melanie
