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 109 of 143

Wiegenlied Op.49 No. 4 - easy version

Dort in den Weiden Op.97 No. 4

Tambourliedchen Op.69 No. 5

Der Kranz Op.84 No. 2

Meerfahrt Op.96 No. 4

Nachtigall Op.97 No. 1

Sommerabend Op.84 No. 1

Komm bald Op.97 No. 5

Trennung Op.97 No. 6

Wie Melodien zieht es mir Op.105 No. 1

In Waldeseinsamkeit Op.85 No. 6

Therese Op.86 No. 1

Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer Op.105 No. 2

Feldeinsamkeit Op.86 No. 2

Nachtwandler Op.86 No. 3

Auf dem Kirchhofe Op.105 No. 4

Salamander Op.107 No. 2

Liebestreu Op. 3 No. 1

Treue Liebe Op. 7 No. 1

Heimkehr Op. 7 No. 6

Der Schmied Op.19 No. 4

An die Nachtigall Op.46 No. 4

Sonntag Op.47 No. 3

O liebliche Wangen Op.47 No. 4

Der Gang zum Liebchen Op.48 No. 1

Am Sonntag Morgen Op.49 No. 1

An ein Veilchen Op.49 No. 2

Des Liebsten Schwur Op.69 No. 4

Serenate Op.70 No. 3

Es liebt sich so lieblich im Lenze Op.71 No. 1

An den Mond Op.71 No. 2

Geheimnis Op.71 No. 3

Minnelied Op.71 No. 5

Alte Liebe Op.72 No. 1

Wir wandelten Op.96 No. 2

Waltz Op.39 No.15

Rhapsody Eb Major Op.119 No. 4

Intermezzo Op.119 No. 2

Intermezzo Op.119 No. 3

Trio a minor Op.114

Waltz Op.39 No.16

Waltz Op.39 No.13

Waltz Op.39 No.14

Hungarian Dance No. 6 - easy version

Bei dir sind meine Gedanken Op.95 No. 2

Hungarian Dance No. 5 - easy version

Sapphische Ode Op.94 No. 4

Botschaft Op.47 No. 1