Brahms composed his Violin Sonata in A major during the summer of 1886. The work quickly became part of the standard repertoire and has remained so until today. It is presented here in a fine Bärenreiter Urtext edition and comes with an unmarked Urtext part as well as a second part marked with fingering and bowing by Clive Brown which are based on the practices of Brahms' contemporaries.An important part of this edition is the Preface. Firstly it informs about the work's origin, early performanc...