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Of the chamber music there are three violin sonatas, two cello sonatas, four piano trios, two string quartets, three piano quartets and two piano quintets. Particularly notable are the Violin Sonata in E, Op. 50 (1907), the Piano
Quartets, Op. 30 (1899) and Op. 41 (1904), and the String Quartet in A
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mentioned this sonata in her diary. The second Violin Sonata, in A minor, Op. 26 (1897) was dedicated to
Joachim, while the String Quartet No. 1 in A major, Op. 8 (1889) was dedicated to and first performed by the Joachim Quartet. The second string quartet was premiered by the Klingler Quartet,
325:: Violin Sonata No. 1 in G minor, op. 5 (1886), Violin Sonata No. 2 in A minor, op. 26, Violin Sonata No. 3 in E Major (1907), op. 50, 5 Tonbilder, op. 36, 2 Violinstücke, op. 4, Suite in D Minor, op. 69. Elina Vahala (violin) & Oliver Triendl (piano). CPO 777785-2 (2016)
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regime ordered him to resign because he was Jewish. The Nazis also prohibited the publication and performance of his music. This drove him, at the age of 73, to leave
Germany for England in 1939 with his wife Katharina, where (as with many
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After finishing his military service, Kahn worked as a freelance composer in Berlin until 1890. For the next three years he was employed as a
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His renewed compositional activity after leaving
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285:: Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor, op 72 (1922), Serenade in F minor, op 73, Piano Quintet in D major (1926). Hohenstaufen Ensemble, Hänssler Classic HC22075 (2023)
279:: No. 1, op. 37 (1903) and No. 2, op. 56 (1911), Three Pieces, op. 25 (1897). Torleif Thedéen (violoncello) & Oliver Triendl (piano), CPO 555139-2 (2019)
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in 1897), has been recorded. Lieder were also very important to Kahn: he composed around 180 solo songs and 13 duets.
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