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 128 of 143
Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24
Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Book I, Op. 35, No. 1
Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Book II, Op. 35, No. 2
Ballade No. 1, Op. 10, No.1
Ballade No. 2, Op. 10, No. 2
Ballade No. 3, Op. 10, No. 3
Ballade No. 4, Op. 10, No. 4
Waltzes , Op. 39s
Capriccio in F# Minor, Op. 76, No. 1
Intermezzo in Ab Major, Op. 76, No. 3
Intermezzo in Bb Major, Op. 76, No. 4
Capriccio in C# Minor, Op. 76, No. 5
Intermezzo in A Major, Op. 76, No. 6
Intermzzo in A Minor, Op. 76, No. 7
Capriccio in C Major, Op. 76, No. 8
Capriccio in D Minor, Op. 116, No. 1
Intermezzo in A Minor, Op. 116, No. 2
Capriccio in G Minor, Op. 116, No. 3
Intermezzo in E Major, Op. 116, No. 4
Intermezo in E Minor, Op. 116, No. 5
Intermezzo in E Major, Op. 116, No. 6
Capriccio in D Minor, Op. 116, No. 7
Intermezzo in Eb Major, Op. 117, No. 1
Intermezzo in Bb Minor, Op. 117, No. 2
Intermezzo in C# Minor, Op. 117, No. 3
Intermezzo in A MajorOp. 118, No. 2
Ballade in G MinorOp. 118, No. 3
Intermezzo in F MinorOp. 118, No. 4
Romanze in F MajorOp. 118, No. 5
Intermezzo in Eb MinorOp. 118, No. 6
Intermezzo in A Minor, Op. 119, No. 3
Rhapsody in Eb Major, Op. 119, No. 4
Hungarian Dance No. 2 in D Minor
Hungarian Dance No. 4 in F Minor
Hungarian Dance No. 8 in A Minor
Hungarian Dance No. 9 in E Minor
Hungarian Dance No. 10 in E Major
Study No. 1 after Chopin's Etude Op. 25, No. 2
Study No. 2 after Weber's Rondo, Op. 24
Study No. 3 after Bach's BWV 1001
Study No. 4 after Bach's BWV 1001
Study No. 5 after Bach's Chaconne, BWV 1016
Study for the Left Hand after Schubert's Impromptu, Op. 90, No. 2
Two Cadenzas for Beethoven's Piano Concerto in G Major, Op. 58
Cadenza for Beethoven's Piano Concerto in C Minor, Op. 37
Variations on a Theme by Schumann, Robert, Op. 23
New Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op. 65a
Hungarian Dance No. 7 in A Major
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