Composer
Johannes Brahms
1833–1897
6,849 works in the index
- Era
- Romantic
- Nationality
- Hamburg
- Born in
- Hamburg
Brahms wrote densely and revised ruthlessly, destroying what did not satisfy him, so the surviving catalogue is smaller than his contemporaries' and uniformly serious. It covers symphonies, concerti, a large body of chamber music, songs and late piano pieces.
For pianists the late Op. 116–119 pieces are the heart of it — short, inward and technically less punishing than the earlier sonatas, though musically demanding. The Hungarian Dances in their four-hand form are the most-played thing he wrote and are genuinely approachable. Singers have over two hundred songs and the German Requiem.
His piano writing assumes a large hand and comfortable tenths appear regularly. Editions differ little; what varies is fingering, and an edition with good fingering is worth paying for here.
Catalogue
Works page 107 of 143
Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 108
Clarinet Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 120
Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 100
Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op. 78
Klavierstucke, Op. 76
Paganini Variations, Op. 35
Variationen, Op. 21
Viola Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 120
String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 51
Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op.52
Four Songs, Op. 43
Five Songs, Op. 47
Five Songs, Op. 49
Eight Songs, Op. 57
Five Songs, Op. 106
Five Songs, Op. 107
Six Songs, Op. 3
Six Songs, Op. 6
Six Songs, Op. 7
Zigeunerlieder, Op. 103
Eight Songs, Op. 59
Seven Songs, Op. 62
Nine Songs, Op. 69
Four Songs, Op. 70
Five Songs, Op. 71
Nine Songs, Op.32
Piano Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 26
Viola Sonata No. 2 in E-flat Major, Op. 120
Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34a
Neue Liebeslieder, Op. 65
Balladen, Op. 10
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 83
Five Songs for Low Voice, Op. 105
Eight Songs and Romances, Op. 14
Seven Fantasias, Op. 116
Rhapsodie No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 79
Two Rhapsodies, Op. 79
Four Ballads and Romances, Op.75
Five Duets, Op. 66
Piano Sonata No. 3 in F Minor, Op. 5
Three Motets, Op. 110
Drei Quartette, Op. 31
Four Songs, Op. 46
Fifteen Romances, Op. 33
Three Songs, Op. 42
Eight Songs, Op. 58
Seven Songs, Op. 48
Nine Songs, Op. 63
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