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 25 of 143

Gaudeamus Igitur

Intermezzo in b (Ruckblick) op. 5/3

Intermezzo in A, op. 118/2

Theme (From Symphony No. 1)

Brahms: Sonata G major op. 78

Hungarian Dance #4

3. F Major

Nocturne in C Minor, Op. 48, No. 1

Brahms: Sonata d minor op. 108

Behold, all flesh (Brahms-Requiem)

Mazurka in A Minor, Op. 17, No. 4

9. E Minor

1. Transcription of a Gavotte by Gluck

"Intermezzo in Eb, Op. 117 No. 1"

Thema von Paganini, Klavierfassung von Brahms (Thema der Variationen op. 35)

10. E Major

Other Works

6. Db Major

Es rauschet das Wasser

In The Good Old Summertime (Shields)

Sarabande in h, WoO posth. 5/2

4. F# Minor

Vor der T?r

2. Study after Schubert's Impromptu Op. 90, No. 2

Sonata for Piano and Violin, D minor, Op. 108

Sonata for Piano and Violin, G major, Op. 78

Brahms: Sonata for Piano and Clarinet (or Viola), version for Viola op. 120,2

Brahms: Sonata for Piano and Clarinet (or Viola), version for Viola op. 120,1

Brahms: Sonata A major op. 100

Brahms: Scherzo c minor WoO 2

1. G Minor

Sonata for Piano and Violin, A major Op. 100

Die Nonne und der Ritter

Polonaise Militaire, Op. 40, No. 1

2. D Minor

Ungarisches Lied in D (Thema der Variationen op. 21/2)

16 Walzer op. 39, erleichterte Fassung des Komponisten

Chorale

"Intermezzo in C sharp minor, Op. 117 No. 3"

Kanon in f, Mc Corkle-Verzeichnis Anhang3/2

Waltz in C# Minor, Op. 64, No. 2

Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73, First Movement Excerpt

Wiegenlied (Lullaby) Opus 49, No. 4

Sarabande in a, WoO posth. 5/1

Waltz in A Major [Transcribed by David Hochstein]

Waltz In D Minor Op.39 No.9

Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90, Third Movement Excerpt

Waltz In G# Minor Opus 39