Brahms Sonate No 1 e-moll op 38

The Brahms E minor Sonata (originally for cello) is fast becoming a staple part of the string bass repertoire. In this edition, I have tried to maintain the tessitura of the A'cello throughout which poses some interesting and challenging problems for the bassist. I have suggested, for example, that some measures in the last movement could be performed one octave lower. The same might be said of other sections of the Sonata and it is left to the performer to decide whether some sections would suite their technical possibility or tonal idea were they to be played in a lower register.