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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 51 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
Dein blaues Auge hält so still - No. 8 from "Eight Lieder and Songs" Op. 59 — Op. 59— Piano, VoiceClassical 1
7. Wohl schön bewandt war es vorehe — —— —Classical 1
Drei Vögelein - No. 3 from "28 Deutsche Volkslieder" WoO 32 — WoO 32— Piano, VoiceClassical 1
Es war ein Markgraf überm Rhein - No. 29 from "49 Deutsche Volkslieder" WoO 33 — WoO 33— —Classical 1
Erlaube mir, feins Mädchen - No. 2 from "49 Deutsche Volkslieder", Book 1, WoO 33 — WoO 33— —Classical 1
Es sa — —— —Classical 1
Brauner Bursche führt zum Tanze - From "Zigeunerlieder" Op. 103, No. 5 — Op. 103, No. 5— Piano, VoiceClassical 1
Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele - No. 5 from "Eleven Choral Preludes" Op. posth 122 — —— —Classical 1
Piano Quintet, Op. 34a, Movement 2 - Piano Score — Op. 34a— —Classical 1
Piano Quintet, Op. 34a, Movement 3 - Piano Score — Op. 34a— —Classical 1
String Sextet No. 2 - Violin 1 - Violin 1 — —— —Classical 1
Four Duets, Op.28, No.2 Vor der Tür, "Tritt auf, den Riegel von der Tür", duet AB, piano — Op.28, No.2— Piano, Alto, BaritoneClassical 1
Piano Concerto No. 2, Movement 3 - Full Score — —— —Classical 1
Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor - Violin - Violin — —C minor —Classical 1
Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor, Movement 4 - Piano Score — —C minor —Classical 1
Waltz No. 4 in E Minor — —E minor PianoClassical 1
Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34a - Score and Parts — Op. 34aF minor —Classical 1
Clarinet Sonata No. 1 - Piano Score - Piano Score — —— Piano, ClarinetClassical 1
String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 51 - Violin 1 — Op. 51A minor String QuartetClassical 1
Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78 - Violin - Violin — Op. 78G major Piano, violinClassical 1
Viola Sonata No. 2 in E-flat Major, Op. 120 - Set of Parts — Op. 120E-flat major Piano, ViolaClassical 1
Viola Sonata No. 1, Movement 3 - Piano Score — —— Piano, ViolaClassical 1
Serenade No. 1 in D Major, Movement 6 - Full Score — —D major OrchestraClassical 1
Waltz Op.39 No. 6 - Piano — Op.39 No. 6— —Classical 1
Trio a minor Op.114 - Score — Op.114— Piano, Cello, ClarinetClassical 1
Rhapsody Eb Major Op.119 No. 4 - Trumpet in E-flat 1 — Op.119 No. 4— —Classical 1
Rhapsody Eb Major Op.119 No. 4 - Trombone 2 — Op.119 No. 4— —Classical 1
Intermezzo Op.119 No. 2 - Trumpet in E-flat — Op.119 No. 2— —Classical 1
Intermezzo Op.119 No. 2 - Trombone 2 — Op.119 No. 2— —Classical 1
Intermezzo Op.119 No. 3 - Score — Op.119 No. 3— —Classical 1
Intermezzo Op.119 No. 3 - Trombone 1 — Op.119 No. 3— —Classical 1
Intermezzo No. 1 - Score — —— Piano, Cello, ClarinetClassical 1
Liebeslieder Walzer A Major Op.52a No. 6 - Preface — Op.52a No. 6— —Classical 1
Liebeslieder Walzer D Major Op.52a No.10 - Piano 1 — Op.52a No.10— —Classical 1
Liebeslieder Walzer Eb Major Op.52a No.11 - Preface — Op.52a No.11— —Classical 1
Da unten im Tale - Score — —— —Classical 1
Liebeslieder Walzer Op.52 - Violin 2 — Op.52— String QuartetClassical 1
Rhapsodie Op. 79 No. 2 - Piano — Op. 79 No. 2— —Classical 1
Walzer Ab Major Op.39 No.15 - Piano — Op.39 No.15— —Classical 1
Ballade g minor Op.118 No. 3 - Piano — Op.118 No. 3— PianoClassical 1
Walzer c# minor Op.39 No. 7 - Piano — Op.39 No. 7— —Classical 1
In stiller Nacht, zur ersten Wacht - Score — —— —Classical 1
Trennung Op.97 No. 6 - Score and Parts — Op.97 No. 6— PianoClassical 1
Wenn du nur zuweilen lächelst Op.57 No. 2 - Score and Parts — Op.57 No. 2— PianoClassical 1
Perché Op.74 - Lyrics — Op.74— ChoirClassical 1
Nine Waltzes from Op. 39 - Flutes 1 & 2 — Op. 39— PianoClassical 1
Liebeslieder Waltzes - Flutes — —— PianoClassical 1
Six German Folk Songs - Tuba 1 — —— —Classical 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.