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 16 of 143

Hungarian Dance

Intermezzo, C sharp minor, op. 117,3 (Piano solo)

Intermezzo, E flat minor, op. 118,6 (Piano solo)

Rhapsody, G minor, op. 79,2 (Piano solo)

Romance, F major, op. 118,5 (Piano solo)

Certificate

Intermezzo, B flat minor, op. 117,2 (Piano solo)

Ballad, D major, op. 10,2 (Piano solo)

Intermezzo, A major, op. 118,2 (Piano solo)

Intermezzo, A minor, op. 118,1 (Piano solo)

Keyboard Harmony

Opus 76 #3 - Intermezzo

Ballad, B major, op. 10,4 (Piano solo)

Ballad, G minor, op. 118,3 (Piano solo)

Opus 76 #7 - Intermezzo

Opus 76 #1 - Capriccio

Brahms: Ballad [Intermezzo] b minor op. 10,3

Piano Trio No. 1, Opus 8 (original version)

Sonata, F sharp minor, op. 2 (Piano solo)

Variations On Hungarian Song, Op.21, No.2

Opus 76 #4 - Intermezzo

Opus 79 #1 - Rhapsody

Intermezzo, F minor, op. 118,4 (Piano solo)

Dictionary of Musical Terms

Ballad [Intermezzo], B minor, op. 10,3 (Piano solo)

Sonata, C major, op. 1 (Piano solo)

Sonata, F minor, op. 5 (Piano solo)

Brahms: Sonata f minor op. 5

Brahms: Sonata C major op. 1

Brahms: Sonata f sharp minor op. 2

Opus 76 #2 - Capriccio

Opus 76 #6 - Intermezzo

Opus 76 #8 - Capriccio

Ballad [Edward ballad], D minor, op. 10,1 (Piano solo)

Piano Trio No. 1, Op. 8

Intermezzo, E flat major, op. 117,1 (Piano solo)

Scherzo, E flat minor, op. 4 (Piano solo)

Brahms: Ballad D major op. 10,2

Rhapsody, B minor, op. 79,1 (Piano solo)

Brahms: Ballad B major op. 10,4

Brahms: Scherzo e flat minor op. 4

Opus 76 #5 - Capriccio

Brahms: Ballad [Edward-Ballad] d minor op. 10,1

Variations & Fugue On A Theme By Handel, Op.24

Major Tonic Chord Arpeggios

Minor Tonic Chord Arpeggios

Waltz, op. 39 (Piano solo)

Minor Scales and Minor Triads