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 114 of 143

Hungarian Dances for piano, 4 hands, WoO 1, Book 1, No. 1 in G minor: Allegro molto

Hungarian Dance for orchestra no. 6 in D major: Vivace

Symphony no. 3 in F major, op. 90

5 Lieder, op. 94: Nr. 4. Sapphische Ode

5 Lieder, op. 47: Nr. 1. Botschaft

5 Romanzen und Lieder, op. 84: Nr. 4. Vergäbliches Ständchen

Sinfonie Nr. 4 e-Moll, op. 98

Sinfonie Nr. 2 D-Dur, op. 73

Geistliches Lied, op. 30

Hungarian Dances for piano, 4 hands, WoO 1, Book 1, No. 3 in F major: Allegretto

2 Motetten, op. 74: Nr. 1. Warum is das Licht gegeben dem Mühseligen

3 Motetten, op. 110: Nr. 2. Ach, arme Welt, du trügest mich

Chaconne in D minor for the Left Hand (Transcription of J. S. Bach's Partita, BWV 1004)

Hungarian Dances for piano, 4 hands, WoO 1, Book 4, No. 21 in E minor: Vivace

3 Motetten, op. 110: Nr. 1. Ich aber bin elend

Hungarian Dances for piano, 4 hands, WoO 1, Book 4, No. 20 in E minor: Poco allegretto - Vivace

11 Chorale Preludes for Organ, op. 122: No. 8. Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen

Hungarian Dances for piano, 4 hands, WoO 1, Book 1, No. 4 in F minor: Poco sostenuto - Vivace

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 2 in B-flat major, op. 83

16 Waltzes, op. 39: No. 11 in B minor

Hungarian Dances for piano, 4 hands, WoO 1, Book 2, No. 7 in A major: Allegretto - Vivo

Hungarian Dances for piano, 4 hands, WoO 1, Book 2, No. 9 in E minor: Allegro ma non troppo

4 Gesänge, op. 70: Nr. 4. Abendregen

Prelude and Fugue for Organ in A minor, WoO post. 9: II. Fugue

Waltzes, op. 39: No. 3 in G-sharp minor

3 Quartette, op. 64: Nr. 1. An die Heimat

Hungarian Dances for piano, 4 hands, WoO 1, Book 2, No. 8 in A minor: Presto

3 Motetten, op. 110: Nr. 3. Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein

4 Quartette, op. 92: Nr. 1. O schöne Nacht!

Hungarian Dances for piano, 4 hands, WoO 1, Book 1, No. 2 in D minor: Allegro non assai - Vivace

7 Lieder, op. 62: Nr. 3. Waldesnacht

2 Gesänge, op. 91: Nr. 1. Gestillte Sehnsucht

Hungarian Dances for orchestra, WoO 1, Book 3, no. 16 in F minor: Con moto

Hungarian Dances for piano, 4 hands, WoO 1, Book 3, No. 14 in D minor: Un poco andante

Hungarian Dances for piano, 4 hands, WoO 1, Book 3, No. 11 in D minor: Poco andante

Hungarian Dances for piano, 4 hands, WoO 1, Book 2, No. 10 in E major: Presto

Hungarian Dances for piano, 4 hands, WoO 1, Book 3, No. 12 in D minor: Presto

Hungarian Dances for piano, 4 hands, WoO 1, Book 4, No. 18 in D major: Molto vivace

Hungarian Dances for piano, 4 hands, WoO 1, Book 4, No. 19 in B minor: Allegretto

Hungarian Dances for piano, 4 hands, WoO 1, Book 3, No. 13 in D major: Andantino grazioso - Vivace

Hungarian Dances for piano, 4 hands, WoO 1, Book 3, No. 16 in F minor: Con moto

Begräbnisgesang, op. 13

16 Waltzes, op. 39: No. 9 in D minor

Hungarian Dances: No. 1 in G minor

Waltzes, op. 39: No. 2 in E major

Sarabande in B minor, WoO posth. 5 no. 2

Prelude and Fugue for Organ in A minor, WoO post. 9: I. Allegro

Ave Maria, op. 12