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 24 of 143
Schumann variations, op. 9 (Piano solo)
Love Song
Symphony No. 3, Third Movement Excerpt
Ballade In D Major Opus 10, No. 2
Violin Concerto - Theme
Intermezzo In Eb Major Opus 117, No. 1
Capriccio In C Major Opus 76, No. 8
Romance Opus 118, No. 5
Ballade In D Minor Opus 10, No. 1
Intermezzo In Bb Major Opus 76, No. 4
Intermezzo In B Minor Op.117 No.2
Festival Overture
Allegro Opus 10, No. 3
Capriccio In D Minor Opus 116, No. 7
Capriccio In F# Minor Opus 76, No. 1
Rhapsodie Agitato Opus 79
Scherzo In Eb Minor
Serenade In G Major
Symphony No. 4 - Theme
Intermezzo In Ab Major Opus 76, No. 3
Andante In B Major Opus 10, No. 4
Capriccio In C# Minor Opus 76, No. 5
Intermezzo In E Minor Opus 119, No. 2
Symphony No. 3 Opus 90 - Theme
Andante In A Minor Opus 116
Scherzo In F Minor
Andante From Sonata In F Minor, Opus 5
Tone Poem In G Major
Rondo. Allegro non troppo
Rhapsodie Risoluto Opus 79
Intermezzo In C Major Opus 119, No. 3
Waltz In Bb Major Opus 39
Ballade In G Minor Opus 118, No. 2
Waltz In D Major Opus 39
Waltz In D Minor Opus 39
Intermezzo In A Major Opus 65, No. 6
Andante From Sonata In C, Opus 1
Intermezzo In A Minor Opus 76, No. 7
Waltz In E Major Opus 39
Rhapsodie Passionato Opus 79
Vergebliches Standchen (The Vain Suite), No. 4 from Romanzen und Lieder, Op. 84
Waltz In E Minor Opus 39
Seranade In A Major
Waltz In G Major Opus 39
Waltz In G Minor From Neues Liebeslieder Opus 65
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 83 (Completed 1881; published 1882; dedicated "to his dear friend and teacher Eduard Marxsen")
Waltz In Ab Major Opus 39
Waltz In B Major Opus 39
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