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 33 of 143

Fair and Bright the Heavens Above (Himmel Strahlt So Helle Und Klar)

Die Mainacht (May Night) Brahms

Der Jager (Huntsman) Brahms

Der Gang zum Liebchen, Op. 31 no. 3 (The moonlight gleams round me) - Es-Dur/Eb major

Flammenauge, dunkles Haar, Op. 65 no. 14 (Flaming eyes and raven hair) - a-Moll/A minor

Liebestreu (Faith Of Love) Brahms

Ich Wandte Mich

Schwarzer Wald, dein Schatten ist so duster, Op. 65 no. 12 (Forest dark, your shadows are so gloomy) - g-Moll/G minor

Neckereien, Op. 31 no. 2 (Ah, yes my dear) - E-Dur/E major

Nagen am Herzen, Op. 65 no. 9 (Gnawing feelings in the heart) - g-Moll/G minor

Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, Op. 74 no. 1 (daraus) (In peace and joy I now depart) - Dorisch/Dorian

Madchenlied, op. 107, no. 5

Ich kose suss, Op. 65 no. 10 (With one, and yet) - G-Dur/G major

Es ist das Heil uns kommen her, Op. 29 no. 1 - E-Dur/E major

O Schone Nacht (O Lovely Night)

Wechsellied zum Tanze, Op. 31 no. 1 (Come with me, lovely one)

Ihr schwarzen Augen, Op. 65 no. 4 (O you with black eyes) - d-Moll/D minor

Zum Schluss, Op. 65 (Anh.) (Now, our Muses enough) - F-Dur/F major

Aeolian Harp

Sonntag (Sunday) (Brahms)

O Tod, Wie Bitter

Vom Gebirge Well auf Well, Op. 65 no. 7 (From the mountains, wave on wave) - C-Dur/C major

Dort in den Weiden, op. 97, no. 4

Wenn Ich Mit Menschen - Und Mit Engel - Zungen Redete

Weiche Graser im Revier, Op. 65 no. 8 (Tender, secret meadows) - Es-Dur/Eb major

Marias Kirchgang, Op. 22 no. 2 - es-Moll/Eb minor

Marias Lob, Op. 22 no. 7 (Praise of the virgin Mary) - Es-Dur/Eb major

Nein, Geliebter, setze dich, Op. 65 no. 13 (No, beloved, do not sit) - E-Dur/E major

An jeder Hand die Finger, Op. 65 no. 3 (On either hand, my fingers) - A-Dur/A major

Finstere Schatten der Nacht, Op. 65 no. 2 (Threatening shadows of night) - a-Moll/A minor

Rosen steckt mir an die Mutter, Op. 65 no. 6 (Roses my mother pinned upon me) - F-Dur/F major

Alles, alles in den Wind, Op. 65 no. 11 (Ev'rything is like the wind) - G-Dur/G major

Der Jager, Op. 22 no. 4 - G-Dur/G major

Brambles and Thorns (Brennessel Steht an Weges Rand)

Dearest Swallow, Tiny Swallow (Liebe Schwalbe, Kleine Schwalbe)

Marias Wallfahrt, Op. 22 no. 3 - c-Moll/C minor

Der englische Gruss, Op. 22 no. 1 - Es-Dur/Eb major

Wahre, wahre deinen Sohn, Op. 65 no. 5 (Guard, I warn you, guard your son) - d-Moll/D minor

Scheiden. Ach Gott, wie weh tut scheiden

Altes Minnelied. Ich fahr' dahin

A Rosesll Blooming (Rote Rosenknospen)

Schaffe in mir, Gott ein reines Herz, Op. 29 no. 2 (Make in me, o God a clean pure heart) - G-Dur/G major

Der Jager. Bei nachtlicher Weil

Ach, arme Welt, Op. 110 no. 2 - f-Moll/F minor

Ruf zur Maria, Op. 22 no. 5 (Invocation to the virgin Mary) - B-Dur/B-flat major

Sankt Raphael, WoO posth. 34 no. 7 - g-Moll/G minor

Botschaft(The Message) Brahms

Verzicht, o Herz, auf Rettung, Op. 65 no. 1 (Think not, o heart, of rescue) - a-Moll/A minor