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 21 of 143
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15
A Minor (Op. 114)
Rhapsody, Op. 79, No. 1
Two Gigues
Piano Concerto No. 2 in Bb Major, Op. 83
Two Sarabandes
Rhapsody, Op. 79, No. 2
Concerto No 1
Study No. 1 after Chopin's Etude Op. 25, No. 2
Study No. 2 after Weber's Rondo, Op. 24
Study for the Left Hand after Schubert's Impromptu, Op. 90, No. 2
C Minor, Op. 101
C Major, Op. 87
Gavotte In A Major (after Gluck)
Theme and Variations
B Major, Op. 8
E-Flat Major, Op. 40
Two Cadenzas for Beethoven's Piano Concerto in G Major, Op. 58
Two Cadenzas for Mozart's Piano Concerto in G Major, K. 453
Cadenza for Beethoven's Piano Concerto in C Minor, Op. 37
Cadenza for Bach's Piano Concerto in D Minor
Study No. 3 after Bach's BWV 1001 (First Version)
Cadenza for Mozart's Piano Concerto in C Minor, K. 491
Cadenza for Mozart's Piano Concerto in D Minor, K. 466
Study No. 4 after Bach's BWV 1001 (Second Version)
Hungarian Dance No. 16 in F Minor
Hungarian Dance No. 17 in F# Minor
Hungarian Dance No. 18 in D Major
Hungarian Dance No. 19 in B Minor
Hungarian Dance No. 20 in E Minor
Hungarian Dance No. 21 in E Minor
Hungarian Dance No. 13 in D Major
Hungarian Dance No. 12 in D Minor
Rhapsody in G Minor, Op.79, No. 2
Roses From The South
Hungarian Dance No. 11 in D Minor
Hungarian Dance No. 7 in A Major
New Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op. 65a
Hungarian Dance No. 9 in E Minor
Study No. 5 (for left hand alone) after Bach's Chaconne, BWV 1016
Hungarian Dance No. 10 in E Major
Waltz #1
Waltz #2
Waltz #3
Waltz #4
Hungarian Dance No. 14 in D Minor
Waltz #5
Hungarian Dance No. 15 in Bb Major
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