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 117 of 143
Hungarian Dance No. 6 in Db Major
Hungarian Dance No. 20 in E Minor
Liebeslieder Waltzes, Book 1, Op. 52a
Symphony No.1 In C Minor Op.68
Symphony No.3 In F Op.90
Brahms: Clarinet Trio A minor op. 114 for Piano, Clarinet and Violoncello a minor op. 114
Ballad, G minor, op. 118,3
Intermezzo, A major, op. 118,2
Intermezzo, A minor, op. 118,1
Intermezzo, E flat minor, op. 118,6
Intermezzo, F minor, op. 118,4
Romance, F major, op. 118,5
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Brahms: String Quartet no. 2 a minor op. 51
Brahms: String Quartet no. 1 c minor op. 51
Rhapsody, B minor, op. 79,1
Rhapsody, G minor, op. 79,2
Ballade Op 118 No 3
Symphony No. 1 In C Minor : Movement IV
Symphony No. 4 In E Minor : Movement IV
Symphony No. 4 In E Minor : Mvt. IV
Variations on a theme of Schumann [Schumann variations], op. 9
Variations on a theme of his own, op. 21,1
Variations on a Hungarian song, op. 21,2
Variations on a theme by Handel [Handel variations], op. 24
Variations on a theme by Paganini [Paganini variations], op. 35
Piano version of the variation movement from the String sextet op. 18 (App. A)
Variations op. 23, version for Piano 2-hands by Th. Kirchner
Rhapsody, Op. 79, No. 2
Gigue No. 2
Sarabande No. 1
Sarabande No. 2
Symphony No. 1 - 4th Movement Theme
Symphony No. 3 - 3rd Movement Theme
Sonata No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 38
Sonata No. 2 in F Major, Op. 99
Concerto in A Minor for Violin and Cello, Op. 102
Waltz in Ab, Op. 39, No. 15
Intermezzo in E-Flat Major [Op. 117, No. 1]
Brahms: Piano Pieces op. 76
Brahms: 2 Rhapsodies op. 79
Brahms: Fantasies op. 116,1-7
Brahms: 3 Intermezzi op. 117
Brahms: Piano Pieces op. 118
Brahms: Piano Pieces op. 119
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