DO YOU LIKE BRAHMS? - Violin sonata for Felix Schumann, his godson

Clara Schumann's youngest son, Brahms's godson, who died of tuberculosis at age 24, never met Robert. Brahms was the closest he had to a father. The full story behind the G major violin sonata which Brahms wrote after Felix died and gave to Clara on her birthday.

Also, Brahms's A major Intermezzo Op. 117
recording by Andrys Basten from IMSLP
https://imslp.org/wiki/3_Intermezzi,_Op.117_(Brahms,_Johannes)

Sources for this information:
Clara Schumann: The Artist and the Woman (Reich)
Clara Schumann: An Artist's Life, Based on Diaries and Letters (Litzmann)
Johannes Brahms: A Biography (Swafford)
The Letters of Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms 1853-1896 (Litzmann)
The Complete Correspondence of Clara and Robert Schumann (Crawford/Fritsch)
Schumann: The Face and the Masks (Chernaik)

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