,後者則出於商業上的考慮,最終婉拒了提案,曲譜遂改由西姆羅克出版。西姆羅克亦是第1號弦樂六重奏的出版商。 據傳記作者卡爾·蓋林格(德语:KarlGeiringer)所述,布拉姆斯在第一樂章使用了一個姓名動機,藉以表達他對西博爾德的阿加特(Agathe von Siebold)的仰慕之情。上述說法也由作家馬克斯·卡爾貝克(德语:Max
Hungarian Dance No. 1 (2:10) Stadt Hamburg Ehrenbürger[失效連結] (德文) KarlGeiringer; Irene Geiringer. Brahms: His Life and Work - Third Enlarged Edition. New York:
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