Brahms, Johannes. (1833–1897) Concerto for violin, Op. 77 [music] : a facsimile of the holograph score / by Johannes Brahms ; with an introduction by Yehudi Menuhin and a foreword by Jon NewsomOblong folio, 30 x 37 cm. Original publisher's boards. xix pp. textual commentary, 106 pp. autograph manuscript facsimile. Very fine. Dedicated to his friend Joseph Joachim (18311907), Brahms' only Violin Concerto was premiered in Leipzig on January 1, 1879, with the composer as conductor and the dedicatee as soloist. Joachim, who considered the piece one of the four great German violin concerti, insisted on programming it alongside the Beethoven