Piano Quartet No. 3 (Brahms)
| Piano Quartet in C minor | |
|---|---|
| No. 3 | |
| Chamber music by Johannes Brahms | |
The composer c. 1872 | |
| Other name | Werther Quartet |
| Opus | 60 |
| Composed | 1875 |
| Movements | four |
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The Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60, completed by Johannes Brahms in 1875, is scored for piano, violin, viola and cello. It is sometimes called the Werther Quartet after Goethe's The Sorrows of Young Werther. The premiere took place in Vienna on November 18, 1875, to an anxious public. Richard Wagner and his wife Cosima were in attendance.