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Composer

Johannes Brahms

German composer (1833–1897)

1833–1897

4,957 works in the index

Born
1833
Died
1897
Birthplace
Hamburg
Place of death
Vienna
Citizenship / historical state
Hamburg; Germany
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.

Life and musical career

Occupations
composer; conductor; pianist
Teachers
Eduard Marxsen
Career institutions / employers
University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna; Wiener Singakademie; Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde
Recorded memberships
Académie des beaux-arts; Academy of Arts, Berlin; University singers and bards of Vienna; Sängerschaft zu St. Pauli Jena
Instruments played
piano; cello; horn
Movements
Romantic music
Notable works
Symphony No. 4; Symphony No. 1; Academic Festival Overture; Tragic Overture; A German Requiem; Symphony No. 3; Hungarian Dances; Clarinet Sonatas
Awards
Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order; Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art; Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal; honorary doctor of the University of Wrocław; honorary doctorate from the University of Cambridge; honorary citizen of Hamburg; Order of Leopold; Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
Official website
https://www.brahms-institut.de/index.php/de/allgemeines
Pseudonym
G.W. Marks
Languages used
German
VIAF ID
7573295
ISNI
0000000121195925
GND ID
118514253
Library of Congress ID
n79077221
MusicBrainz ID
c70d12a2-24fe-4f83-a6e6-57d84f8efb51

Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.

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 49 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
Hungarian Dance, No. 13 - Bass — —— —Classical 1
Three Hungarian Dances - Oboe — —— —Classical 1
Four Serious Songs, op. 121, no. 4: Though I speak with the tongues of men — op. 121, no. 4— Piano, VoiceClassical 1
10. O Wie Sanft Die Quelle Sich — —— bass, Tenor, AltoClassical 1
Paganini Variations, No. 4 — —— —Classical 1
Violin Sonata No. 2 - Violin - Violin — —— Piano, violinClassical 1
Ein Sonett — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 1
Violin Sonata No. 3, Movement 3 - Piano Score — —— Piano, violinClassical 1
Violin Sonata No. 3, Movement 2 - Piano Score — —— Piano, violinClassical 1
Sextet No. 1 in B-flat Major, Op. 18 - Cello 1 — Op. 18B-flat major —Classical 1
Piano Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 26 - Violin — Op. 26A major —Classical 1
Paganini Variations, No. 7 — —— —Classical 1
Violin Sonata No. 2, Movement 3 - Piano Score — —— Piano, violinClassical 1
Frühlingstrost - No. 1 from "Nine Lieder and Songs" Op. 63 — Op. 63— Piano, VoiceClassical 1
Four Quartets, Op. 92, No. 2: Spätherbst — Op. 92, No. 2— PianoClassical 1
Piano Concerto No. 2, Movement 1 - Full Score — —— —Classical 1
Nine Lieder & Songs, Op.32, No.6 "Du sprichst, dab ich mich täuschte" — Op.32, No.6— Piano, VoiceClassical 1
Dämmrung senkte sich von oben - No. 1 from "Eight Lieder and Songs" Op. 59 — Op. 59— Piano, VoiceClassical 1
Das Mädchen und der Tod - No. 23 from "28 Deutsche Volkslieder" WoO 32 — WoO 32— Piano, VoiceClassical 1
Neue Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op.65, No.10 in G major, Ich kose süb mit der und, choral T, piano duet — Op.65, No.10G major —Classical 1
6. Ein kleiner, hübscher Volel nahm den Flug zum Garten hin — —— —Classical 1
13. Vöglein durch-rauscht die Luft — —— AltoClassical 1
Der Jäger - No. 2 from "28 Deutsche Volkslieder" WoO 32 — WoO 32— Piano, VoiceClassical 1
Es war eine schöne Jüdin - No. 9 from "49 Deutsche Volkslieder" WoO 33 — WoO 33— —Classical 1
Mein Mädel hat einen Rosenmund - No. 25 from "49 Deutsche Volkslieder" WoO 33 — WoO 33— —Classical 1
Liebe und Frühling II - From "Six Songs" op. 3, no. 3 — op. 3, no. 3— Piano, VoiceClassical 1
Liebe und Frühling I - From "Six Songs" op. 3, no. 2 — op. 3, no. 2— Piano, VoiceClassical 1
Sagt mir, o schönste Schäf'rin mein - No. 1 from "49 Deutsche Volkslieder", Book 1, WoO 33 — WoO 33— —Classical 1
Wie komm ich denn zur Tür herein? We kumm ich dann de Pooz erenn? - No. 34 from "49 Deutsche Volkslieder" WoO 33 — WoO 33— —Classical 1
Von waldbekränzter Höhe - No. 1 from "8 Lieder & Songs" - Op. 57 — Op. 57— Piano, VoiceClassical 1
Kommt dir manchmal in den Sinn, mein süsses Lieb - From "Zigeunerlieder" Op. 103, No. 7 — Op. 103, No. 7— Piano, VoiceClassical 1
Piano Quintet, Op. 34a - Viola - Viola — Op. 34a— —Classical 1
Piano Quintet, Op. 34a, Movement 1 - Piano Score — Op. 34a— —Classical 1
String Sextet No. 2 - Cello 2 - Cello 2 — —— —Classical 1
Four Duets, Op.61, No.3 Phänomen, "Wenn zu der Regenwand Phöbus sich gattet", duet SA, piano — Op.61, No.3— Piano, AltoClassical 1
Klänge I - No. 1 from "Five Duets" Op. 66 — Op. 66— Piano, AltoClassical 1
Clarinet Sonata No. 2 - Clarinet - Clarinet — —— Piano, ClarinetClassical 1
Piano Concerto No. 2, Movement 2 - Full Score — —— —Classical 1
Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor, Movement 3 - Piano Score — —C minor —Classical 1
Waltz No. 3 in G-sharp Minor — —G-sharp minor PianoClassical 1
String Sextet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 36 - Set of Parts — Op. 36G major —Classical 1
Clarinet Sonata No. 2 in E-flat Major, Op. 120 - Set of Parts — Op. 120E-flat major Piano, ClarinetClassical 1
Piano Quintet, Op. 34a - Piano Score - Piano Score — Op. 34a— —Classical 1
Clarinet Sonata No. 1 - Clarinet - Clarinet — —— Piano, ClarinetClassical 1
Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 108 - Set of Parts — Op. 108D minor Piano, violinClassical 1
Viola Sonata No. 2 - Piano Score - Piano Score — —— Piano, ViolaClassical 1
Viola Sonata No. 1, Movement 2 - Piano Score — —— Piano, ViolaClassical 1
Five Songs, No. 5: Unüberwindlich — —— 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.