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Composer

Johannes Brahms

1833–1897

4,957 works in the index

Born
1833
Died
1897
Birthplace
Hamburg
Citizenship / historical state
Hamburg
Period (estimated from birth year)
Romantic

Biography

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.

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments
Piano, Voice, Choir, Low Voice, Orchestra
Genres represented
Classical, Jazz, pop, Pop, Christmas
Works with composition dates
255 of 4,957

These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.

Catalogue

Works page 33 of 104

Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.

Works and available sheet music details
WorkYear composedCatalogue / opusKey in titleListed instrumentsGenreEditions
Blinde Kuh - No. 1 from "Eight Lieder and Songs" op. 58 — op. 58— Piano, VoiceClassical 1
Gunhilde - No. 10 from "28 Volkslieder" WoO 32 — WoO 32— Piano, VoiceClassical 1
Der Tochter Wunsch - No. 20 from "28 Deutsche Volkslieder" WoO 32 — WoO 32— Piano, VoiceClassical 1
Die Wollust in den Maien - No. 27 from "28 Deutsche Volkslieder" WoO 32 — WoO 32— Piano, VoiceClassical 1
Five Lieder for Low Voice, Op. 105, No. 3, Klage — Op. 105, No. 3— Piano, Low VoiceClassical 1
Five Lieder for Low Voice, Op. 105, No. 2, Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer — Op. 105, No. 2— Piano, Low VoiceClassical 1
Five Lieder for Low Voice, Op. 105, No. 4, Auf dem Kirchhofe — Op. 105, No. 4— Piano, Low VoiceClassical 1
Five Lieder, Op. 106, No. 5, Ein Wanderer — Op. 106, No. 5— Piano, VoiceClassical 1
Six Quartets, op. 112, no. 5, Vier Zigeunerlieder, Nr. 3 — op. 112, no. 5— PianoClassical 1
Intermezzo No. 2 from "Seven Fantasias" Op. 116 — Op. 116— —Classical 1
Lerchengesang - No. 2 from "Four Songs" Op. 70 — Op. 70— Piano, VoiceClassical 1
Beim Ritt auf dem Knie - No. 8b from "Volks-Kinderlieder" WoO 31 — WoO 31— Piano, VoiceClassical 1
Der Mann - No. 5 from "Volks-Kinderlieder" WoO 31 — WoO 31— Piano, VoiceClassical 1
Marias Kirchgang - No. 2 from "Marienlieder", Op. 22 — Op. 22— —Classical 1
Nachtigall No. 1 from "Six Lieder" op. 97 — op. 97— Piano, Voice, bass, Tenor, AltoClassical 1
Gunhilde lebt gar stille und fromm - No. 7 from "49 Deutsche Volkslieder" WoO 33 — WoO 33— —Classical 1
Ach Gott, wie weh tut Scheiden - No. 17 from "49 Deutsche Volkslieder" WoO 33 — WoO 33— —Classical 1
Lied aus dem Gedicht "Ivan" - From "Six Songs' op. 3, no. 4 — op. 3, no. 4— Piano, VoiceClassical 1
Treue Liebe - From "Six Songs" op. 7, no. 1 — op. 7, no. 1— Piano, VoiceClassical 1
Die Trauernde - No. 5 from "Six Songs" op. 7 — op. 7— Piano, VoiceClassical 1
Vom verwundeten Knaben - From "Eight Lieder and Romances" op. 14, no. 2 — op. 14, no. 2— Piano, VoiceClassical 1
Deutsche Volkslieder, No. 18, Der Fiedler — —— —Classical 1
In stiller Nacht - No. 8 from "14 Deutsche Volkslieder" Book 2 WoO 34 — WoO 34— —Classical 1
Deutsche Volkslieder, No. 15, Schneiden — —— —Classical 1
Deutsche Volkslieder, No. 16, Wach auf! — —— —Classical 1
Gar lieblich hat sich gesellet - No. 3 from "49 Deutsche Volkslieder", Book 1, WoO 33 — WoO 33— —Classical 1
Intermezzo No. 2 in B-flat Minor from Three Intermezzos, Op. 117 — Op. 117B-flat minor —Classical 1
Och Moder, ich well en ding han - No. 33 from "49 Deutsche Volkslieder" WoO 33 — WoO 33— —Classical 1
Es reit ein Herr und auch sein Knecht - No. 28 from "49 Deutsche Volkslieder" WoO 33 — WoO 33— —Classical 1
Es stunden drei Rosen - No. 43 from "49 Deutsche Volkslieder" WoO 33 — WoO 33— —Classical 1
Es ging sich unsre Fraue - No. 47 from "49 Deutsche Volkslieder" WoO 33 — WoO 33— —Classical 1
No. 1: Etude After Frederic Chopin — —— —Classical 1
Klavierstucke, No. 5: Capriccio in C-sharp Minor — —C-sharp minor —Classical 1
Weit und breit schaut niemand mich an - From "Zigeunerlieder" Op. 103, No. 9 — Op. 103, No. 9— Piano, VoiceClassical 1
Rote Abendwolken ziehn Schwalbe - From "Zigeunerlieder" Op. 103, No. 11 — Op. 103, No. 11— Piano, VoiceClassical 1
Der Abend - No. 2 from "Three Quartets, Op.64" — Op.64— PianoClassical 1
Der Gang zum Liebchen - No. 1 from "Seven Lieder" Op. 48 — Op. 48— Piano, VoiceClassical 1
Hungarian Dances, WoO 1 — WoO 1— —Classical 1
Five Studies for Piano, Anh. 1a/1 — —— —Classical 1
Five Songs for Low Voice, Op. 105 — Op. 105— Piano, VoiceClassical 1
Fifteen Romances, Op. 33 — Op. 33— Piano, VoiceClassical 1
28 Volkslieder, WoO 32 — WoO 32— Piano, VoiceClassical 1
Romance, No. 5 from "Six Pieces". Op. 118 — Op. 118— —Classical 1
Six German Folk Songs - Score and Parts — —— —Classical 2
Brahms Interlude - Score and Parts — —— —Classical 2
Hungarian Dance, No. 13 - Score and Parts — —— —Classical 2
Variations on a Theme of Joseph Haydn, Op. 56 — Op. 56— OrchestraClassical 1
Five Songs, No. 4: Verzagen — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 1

Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. The biography above is our own. Authority record: VIAF 7573295. Portrait: C. Brasch , Berlin ( biography ), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.