The Piano Sonata No. 2 in F Sharp Minor, Op. 2 of Johannes Brahms was written in Hamburg, Germany in 1853, and published the year after. It was one of his first published works, sent with his first sonata to Breitkopf und Härtel with a letter of recommendation from Robert Schumann. Schumann had already praised Brahms enthusiastically, and the sonata shows signs of an effort to impress. It was dedicated to Clara Schumann.

The sonata is in four movements:

• Allegro non troppo, ma energico (F sharp minor)
• Andante con espressione (B minor)
• Scherzo: Allegro -- Poco più moderato (B minor - D major)
• Sostenuto -- Allegro non troppo e rubato -- Molto sostenuto (F sharp minor)

The first movement is in the conventional sonata-allegro form. The second movement is a theme and variations based on the German Minnesang "Mir ist leide." Like the theme and variations of the first sonata, the variations move from the minor mode to the parallel major. The third movement is a scherzo and trio whose beginning theme is almost identical to that of the second movement. The finale begins with a brief introduction and is in sonata form with a repeated exposition.

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