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 40 of 143
A Rose is Gently Blooming, Op 122, No. 8
Drei Intermezzi [Op. 117]
Intermezzo in C Major [Op. 119, No. 3]
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano in F minor, op. 120, no. 1: I. Allegro appassionato
Ballade in D Major [Op. 10, No. 2]
Abide with Me
When I Was Single
Intermezzo in E-Flat Major [Op. 117, No. 1]
Rhapsody in E-Flat Major [Op. 119. No. 4]
Symphony #2
On Top of Old Smoky
Gavotte
A Melody Is Drifting
Vier Klavierstücke [Op. 119]
Sarabande In A Minor
Symphony No. 1 in C minor: II. Andante sostenuto Performed by Johannes Brahms
La Marseillaise
Waltz in B-Flat Major [Op. 39, No. 8]
Sarabande in B Minor
Sarabande
La Pêche Additional credits Erik Satie
Acht Klavierstücke [Op. 76]
Fantasien [Op. 116]
Sechs Klavierstücke [Op. 118]
Zwei Rhapsodien [Op. 79]
Gavotte in A Additional credits C. W. Von Gluck
Intermezzo in B-Flat Minor
A Rose Is Gently Blooming [Op. 122, No. 8]
Allegretto Additional credits John Stanley
Andantino Additional credits César Franck
Ballade in D Minor "Edward" [Op. 10, No. 1]
Symphony No. 3 in F major, op. 90: 1st movement Performed by Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 3 in F major, op. 90: 2nd movement Performed by Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 1 in C minor: III. un poco allegretto e grazioso Performed by Johannes Brahms
Mr. Frog Went a'Courtin'!
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano in F minor, op. 120, no. 1: II. Andante un poco adagio
Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G minor, WoO1/5
Violin Concerto in D major, op. 77: II. Adagio
Symphony No. 1: Theme
Academic Festival Overture, op. 80 Performed by Johannes Brahms
Mainacht, die
Waltz in A Major, Op. 39, No. 15
By Smouldering Embers [Op. 61, No. 6] Additional credits Edward MacDowell
Ballade in B Major [Op. 10, No. 4]
Intermezzo in B-Flat Minor [Op. 117, No. 2]
Ballade in B Minor "Intermezzo" [Op. 10, No. 3]
2. Wiegenlied-Lullaby, Op. 49/4
Gavotte in A Minor
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