Recently, a new piece by the German composer Johannes Brahms was found in a guest book from the middle of the 19th century. The piece was first performed in BBC Radio 3 on January 21.

When Radio 3 recorded Chris Hogwood’s soon to be released edition, pianist Andras Schiff was playing Albumblatt as part of an interview with Christopher Hogwood about the importance of the piece in advance of it being published by Barenreiter. For anyone who want to give it a try, the piano website “Piano Street” offers free piano sheet music of the piece.

This “new” piece features a very beautiful tune, that might sound familiar when you hear it: Brahms later featured the melody in his later Horn Trio.