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We express our sincere appreciation to the clarinettist Richard Mühlfeld for inspiring the elderly Brahms to take an interest in his instrument. During the 1890s, the composer created the Trio op. 114, the Quintet op. 115, and the Sonatas op. 120 – three masterpieces within the clarinet chamber music repertoire.

Brahms also included an alternative part for viola in place of the clarinet. The revision of our edition of the viola version of opus 120 is grounded in the musical text from the New Brahms Complete Edition and features numerous significant enhancements: for the first time, we were able to reference the autograph; the newly formatted piano score now incorporates the viola part; and viola players can take advantage of fingerings and bowings provided by Tabea Zimmermann in the solo section.