The Sonata in G Major owes its epithet “Rain Song Sonata” to two melodies from Brahms' “Rain Songs” Op. 59; Nos. 3 and 4 which are quoted at the beginning of the last movement. An ornamental leaf with the first 24 bars of the “Adagio” was recently re-discovered and has been reproduced as a facsimile in this edition. It shows the connection between the work and Clara Schumann and her youngest son. Felix; Brahms' godson and a talented violinist; was seriously ill and died before the work was completed. In a letter of dedication on the reverse of the leaf; Brahms expresses his deepest sympathy and his best wishes. This single edition from the volume containing all of Brahms' violin sonatas (HN 194) contains a preface by Wolfgang Sandberger; illuminating the genesis of the “Felix Sonata.”

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	Sonata for Piano and Violin in F Major Op. 24 (Spring Sonata) : Violin and Piano : (ed. Sieghard Brandenburg) : # HN162
	Sonata for Piano Op. 66; No. 8 : Piano Solo : (ed. Valentina Rubcova; fing. Michael Schneidt) : # HN354
	Sonata for Violin and Piano : (ed. Ernst-Gunter Heinemann; fing. Klaus Schilde; fing. Vl. Kurt Guntner) : # HN410
	Sonata for Piano and Violin in A Minor Op. 105 : (ed. Wiltrud Haug-Freienstein) : # HN428
	Sonata for Piano and Violin in G Major Hob. XV:32 : (ed. Irmgard Becker-Glauch; fing. Jorg Demus; fing. Vl. Kurt Guntner) : # HN437
	Sonata for Violoncello and Piano G minor Op. 65 : (ed. Ewald Zimmermann; fing. Klaus Schilde) : # HN495
	Sonata for Piano and Arpeggione A minor D 821 (Op. Posth. (Version for Violoncello) : Cello and Piano : (ed. Wolf-Dieter Seiffert; fing. Reiner Ginzel) : # HN611
	Sonata for Piano and Arpeggione A minor D 821 (Op. Posth.) : Viola and Piano : (ed. Wolf-Dieter Seiffert; fing. Klaus Schilde) : # HN612
	Sonata for Violoncello and Piano : (ed. Ernst-Gunter Heinemann; fing. Reiner Ginzel) : # HN633
	Sonata for Piano and Violoncello B Flat Major Op. 45 : Cello and Piano : (ed. Rudolf Elvers; fing. Claus Kanngiesser) : # HN667
	Sonata for Piano and Violoncello D Major Op. 58 : Cello and Piano : (ed. Rudolf Elvers; fing. Claus Kanngiesser) : # HN668
	Sonata for Piano Op. 62; No. 6 : Piano Solo : (ed. Valentina Rubcova; fing. Michael Schneidt) : # HN699
	Sonata for Piano and Violin in A Major Op. 47 (Kreutzer-Sonata) : Violin and Piano : # HN714
	Sonata for Piano Op. 64; No. 7 : Piano Solo : (ed. Valentina Rubcova; fing. Michael Schneidt) : # HN747
	Sonata for Violoncello Solo Op. 28 : (ed. Christian Bellisario) : # HN780
	Sonata for Piano and Viola in E-flat Major; Op. 5; No. 3 : With Marked and Unmarked String Parts : (ed. Ernst Herttrich; piano fing. Klaus Schilde; viola fing. Tabea Zimmermann) : # HN1029
	Sonata for Violin and Violoncello : (ed. Ulrich Kramer) : # HN1070
	Sonata for Violoncello and Piano No. 2 in F Major; Op. 123 (Score and Solo Part) : (ed. Peter Jost; fing. Pascal Roge; fing. vc. David Geringas) : # HN1280