Many commentators link the central fantasy of the slow movement of Brahms’ Clarinet Quintet with the composer’s experience of Hungarian gypsy bands. These normally consist of a violinist (who, in Hungarian restaurants, hangs around your table until you pay him to go away), a clarinettist and sundry other players, including – if the band is anything like authentic – a cimbalom (inauthentic bands normally proudly sport an electric keyboard of some sort).
Note the instrument’s use of tremolo as a device for sustaining a melodic line. Note also typical lassú (slow) friss (fast) structure of the piece.
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