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 118 of 143
Hungarian Dances No. 20 & 21
Rhapsody in G Minor, Op.79, No. 2
Scherzo Op. 4
Schumann Variations Op. 9
Four Ballades Op. 10
Variations on an Original Theme Op. 21 No. 1
Variations on a Hungarian Song Op. 21 No. 2
Variations & Fugue on a theme by Handel Op. 24
Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 23
Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op. 52a
Neue Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op. 65a
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, First Movement Excerpt
Nos. 1, 2, 11, 14 and 15, from Waltzes [Op. 39]
Intermezzo B minor Op. 119, No. 1
Intermezzo E minor Op. 119, No. 2
Intermezzo C major Op. 119, No. 3
Rhapsody E flat major Op. 119, No. 4
Fourth Movement Of Symphony No. 1, Op. 68
Waltz in A Major, Op. 39, No. 15
"Waltz, Op. 39, No. 5 in E major"
"Waltz, Op. 39, No. 8 in B-flat major"
"Waltz, Op. 39, No. 9 in D minor"
"Waltz, Op. 39, No. 15 in A major"
"Waltz, Op. 39, No. 16 in D minor"
Variations On A Theme By Haydn Op.56a
Symphony No. 7 - Theme-Finale
Capriccio D minor Op. 116, No. 1
Intermezzo A minor Op. 116, No. 2
Capriccio G minor Op. 116, No. 3
Intermezzo E major Op. 116, No. 4
Intermezzo E minor Op. 116, No. 5
Concerto in D Major, Op. 77
Waltz from Waltz in Ab Major, Op. 39 #15
Ballade in D Minor, op. 10, no. 1
Intermezzos , Op. 117
Intermezzo in A Major, Op. 118, No. 6
Sixteen Waltzes , Op. 39s
Waltz in Ab Major, Op.39 #15
Intermezzo, C major, op. 119,3
Intermezzo, E minor, op. 119,2
Intermezzo, B minor, op. 119,1
Rhapsody, E flat major, op. 119,4
Der englische Gruss, Op. 22 no. 1 - Es-Dur/Eb major
Sapphic Ode, Op. 94 No. 4
Acht Klavierstücke [Op. 76]
Drei Intermezzi [Op. 117]
Fantasien [Op. 116]
Sechs Klavierstücke [Op. 118]
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