The String Quartet No. 3 in B flat major by Johannes Brahms was composed in the summer of 1875 and published by the firm of Fritz Simrock.^[1] It received its premiere performance on October 30, 1876 in Berlin.^[2] The work is scored for two violins, two violas, and two celli, and has four movements:

• I. Vivace
• II. Andante
• III. Agitato (Allegretto non troppo) - Trio - Coda
• IV. Poco Allegretto con Variazioni

Brahms composed the work in Ziegelhausen, near Heidelberg, and dedicated it to Professor Theodor Wilhelm Engelmann, a Dutch friend. Brahms was at the time the artistic director of the Vienna Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde. ^{[1] [2]} The work is light-hearted and cheerful, "a useless trifle," as he put it, "to avoid facing the serious countenance of a symphony". ^[1]

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• String Quartet No. 3 (Brahms): Free scores at the International Music Score Library Project.

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v • d • e Chamber music by Johannes Brahms Duos Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78 · Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 100 · Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108 · Clarinet Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 120 No. 1 · Clarinet Sonata No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 120 No. 2 · Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38 · Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op. 99 Trios Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8 · Piano Trio No. 2 in C major, Op. 87 · Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 101 · Piano Trio No. 4 in A major, Op. posth · Trio for piano, violin and horn in E flat major, Op. 40 · Trio for piano, cello and clarinet in A minor, Op. 114 Quartets String Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 51 No. 1 · String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 51 No. 2 · String Quartet No. 3 in B flat major, Op. 67 · Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25 · Piano Quartet No. 2 in A major, Op. 26 · Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60 Quintets Plus String Quintet No. 1 in F major, Op. 88 · String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 111 · Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115 · Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 · String Sextet No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 18 · String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36 List of compositions by Johannes Brahms