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 50 of 143

Tambourliedchen Op.69 No. 5 - Score

Geheimnis Op.71 No. 3 - Score

Am Sonntag Morgen Op.49 No. 1 - Score

Meerfahrt Op.96 No. 4 - Score

Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer Op.105 No. 2 - Score

Trennung Op.97 No. 6 - Score

Four Songs, Op. 46

Nine Songs, Op. 63

Fifty-One Exercises, Nos. 26 - 51

Intermezzo No. 3 in C-sharp Minor

'Edward' Ballade

49 Deutsche Volkslieder, WoO 33

So lab uns wandern! - No. 3 from "Four Ballades & Romances" Op.75

Ballade, No. 3 from "Six Pieces". Op. 118

Rhapsody Eb Major Op.119 No. 4 - B-flat Trumpet 2

Trio a minor Op.114 - Clarinet

Four Ballads and Romances, Op.75

Two Motets, Op. 29

Viola Sonata No. 2 - Viola - Viola

Abenddämmerung - No. 5 from "5 Lieder" - Op. 49

Piano Concerto No. 2, Movement 4 - Full Score

Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor - Viola - Viola

Waltz No. 14 in A Minor

Clarinet Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 120 - Set of Parts

String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 51 - Violin 2

Violin Sonata No. 3 - Violin - Violin

Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78 - Piano Score - Piano Score

Jägerlied - No. 4 from "Five Duets" Op. 66

Viola Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 120 - Set of Parts

Viola Sonata No. 1, Movement 4 - Piano Score

Five Poems, Op. 19

Serenade No.2 in A Major, Op.16, Movement 5 - Full Score

Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor - Piano Score - Piano Score

Rhapsody Eb Major Op.119 No. 4 - Trombone 3

Intermezzo Op.119 No. 2 - B-flat Trumpet 1

Intermezzo Op.119 No. 2 - Trombone 3

Intermezzo Op.119 No. 3 - Trumpet in E-flat 1

Intermezzo Op.119 No. 3 - Trombone 2

Wiegenlied Op.49 No. 4 - easy version - Score

Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73, Movement 2 - Full Score

Academic Festival Overture - Full Score

Botschaft Op.47 No. 1 - Score

Waltz Op.39 No.15 - Piano

Waltz Op.39 No.12 - Piano

Waltz Op.39 No. 2 - Piano

Es Ist Ein Ros' Entsprungen - Tuba 1

Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68 - Full Score

Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90, Movement 4 - Full Score