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 19 of 143
Cadenza (Mozart's Con.In D Min)
Intermezzo, A minor, op. 116,2 (Piano solo)
Brahms: Intermezzo a minor op. 116,2
Intermezzo, E minor, op. 116,5 (Piano solo)
Variations on a Theme by Schumann, Robert, Op. 9
No. 20, E Minor
Scale and Key of B Flat Major
Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major
Intermezzo, E major, op. 116,6 (Piano solo)
Brahms: Intermezzo E major op. 116,4
Brahms: Intermezzo E major op. 116,6
No. 21, E Minor
Hungarian dances 1-10 (Piano solo)
Theme & Variations
Rondo #2 After Weber
Capriccio, D minor, op. 116,7 (Piano solo)
Capriccio, G minor, op. 116,3 (Piano solo)
Allegro Appassionato
Sonata No. 2 in F# Minor, Op. 2
Brahms: Intermezzo e minor op. 116,5
Brahms: Capriccio d minor op. 116,7
2 Cadenzas For Mozart's Con In G
Intermezzo, E major, op. 116,4 (Piano solo)
Gavotte By Gluck
Brahms: Capriccio d minor op. 116,1
Sonata No. 1 in C Major, Op. 1
Sonata No. 3 in F Minor, Op. 5
2 Cadenzas(Beethoven's Con.In G)
Trio III
Gigue No. 2
Quintet
Etude #1 After Chopin
Brahms: Capriccio g minor op. 116,3
Presto #4 After Bach
Capriccio, D minor, op. 116,1 (Piano solo)
Cadenza For Bach's Con. In D Min
Brahms: Piano Quartet g minor op. 25
Trio I
Trio IV
Presto #2 After Bach
Concerto No. 1 in D Minor
Gigue No.1
Trio II
Trio V
Impromptu(Schubert)#2 For L.H.
Sarabande No. 1
Sarabande No. 2
Chaconne #5 After Bach
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