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 52 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
Work	Year composed	Catalogue / opus	Key in title	Listed instruments	Genre	Editions
O Heiland, reisz die Himmel auf, Op. 74, No. 2 - Trombone	—	Op. 74, No. 2	—	—	Classical	0
Waldesnacht from "Sieben Lieder, Op. 62" - Score and Parts	—	Op. 62	—	—	Classical	0
St. Anthony Chorale - Bass Trombone	—	—	—	—	Classical	0
Festive And Commemorative Music - Euphonium 1A	—	—	—	—	Classical	0
Festive And Commemorative Music - Tuba 1B	—	—	—	—	Classical	0
The Best Of Brahms - Cello	—	—	—	Orchestra	Classical	0
The Best Of Brahms - Violin 3/Viola	—	—	—	Orchestra	Classical	0
Intermezzo in Bb Major - Flute	—	—	B-flat major	Piano, Flute	Classical	0
March - Trumpet 2 in B-flat	—	—	—	—	Classical	0
Brahms Interlude - Violin 1	—	—	—	—	Classical	0
Hungarian Dance, No. 13 - Violin 1	—	—	—	—	Classical	0
Three Hungarian Dances - Horn in F	—	—	—	—	Classical	0
Violin Sonate no 3 Op. 108	—	Op. 108	—	Piano, violin	Classical	0
Nu flyver mørkets fugle ud	—	—	—	String Quartet	Classical	0
Walz no 8 Op. 39 in B flat major	—	Op. 39	B-flat major	Piano	Classical	0
Walz no 16 Op. 39 in E major	—	Op. 39	E major	Piano	Classical	0
Walz no 11 Op. 39 in B minor	—	Op. 39	B minor	Piano	Classical	0
Walz no 9 Op. 39 in D minor	—	Op. 39	D minor	Piano	Classical	0
Walz no 15 Op. 39 in A flat major	—	Op. 39	A-flat major	Piano	Classical	0
Walz no 5 Op. 39 in E minor	—	Op. 39	E minor	Piano	Classical	0
Walz no 3 Op. 39 in G sharp	—	Op. 39	—	Piano	Classical	0
In Waldeinsamkeit	—	—	—	Piano, Voice	Classical	0
Complete Walzes Op. 39 (no 1-16)	—	Op. 39	—	Piano	Classical	0
Walz no 1 Op. 39 in B Major	—	Op. 39	B major	Piano	Classical	0
Walz no 14 Op. 39 in G sharp minor	—	Op. 39	G-sharp minor	Piano	Classical	0
Walz no 4 Op. 39 in E minor	—	Op. 39	E minor	Piano	Classical	0
Walz no 6 Op. 39 in C sharp major	—	Op. 39	C-sharp major	Piano	Classical	0
Walz no 7 Op. 39 in E major	—	Op. 39	E major	Piano	Classical	0
Wondrous Cool, Thou Woodland Quiet	—	—	—	Alto	Classical	1
Finale from Brahms's Symphony No. 1: Piano Accompaniment	—	—	—	—	Classical	1
Brahms: Sonata No. 2 in E flat Major, Op. 120	—	Op. 120	E-flat major	—	Classical	2
Symphony No. 1 (4th Movement ): String Bass	—	—	—	Orchestra	Classical	1
Symphony No. 4: Cello	—	—	—	Orchestra	Classical	1
Variations on a Theme of Haydn: Flute	—	—	—	Orchestra	Classical	1
Variations on a Theme of Haydn: 2nd Flute	—	—	—	Orchestra	Classical	1
Variations on a Theme of Haydn: Oboe	—	—	—	Orchestra	Classical	1
Variations on a Theme of Haydn: 1st B	—	—	—	Orchestra	Classical	1
Variations on a Theme of Haydn: 2nd B	—	—	—	Orchestra	Classical	1
Variations on a Theme of Haydn: Bassoon	—	—	—	Orchestra	Classical	1
Variations on a Theme of Haydn: E	—	—	—	Orchestra	Classical	1
Variations on a Theme of Haydn: B	—	—	—	Orchestra	Classical	1
Variations on a Theme of Haydn: 1st F Horn	—	—	—	Orchestra	Classical	1
Variations on a Theme of Haydn: 2nd F Horn	—	—	—	Orchestra	Classical	1
Variations on a Theme of Haydn: 1st & 2nd B	—	—	—	Orchestra	Classical	1
Variations on a Theme of Haydn: 3rd B	—	—	—	Orchestra	Classical	1
Variations on a Theme of Haydn: 1st Trombone	—	—	—	Orchestra	Classical	1
Variations on a Theme of Haydn: 2nd Trombone	—	—	—	Orchestra	Classical	1
Variations on a Theme of Haydn: 3rd Trombone	—	—	—	Orchestra	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.