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 67 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 Haput voll Blut und Wunden from The Matthew Passion	—	—	—	Flexible Instrument	—	0
Ein Vogel wolte Hochziet machen	—	—	—	Flexible Instrument	—	0
Juppheidi Heida	—	—	—	Flexible Instrument	—	0
Von alten Liebesliedern, Op. 62 no. 2 - D-Dur/D major	—	Op. 62 no. 2	—	Choir	Classical	0
Waldesnacht, Op. 62 no. 3 - D-Dur/D major	—	Op. 62 no. 3	—	—	—	0
Es geht ein Wehen, Op. 62 no. 6 - G-Dur/G major	—	Op. 62 no. 6	—	Choir	Classical	0
Die Entfuhrung: Auf, auf, Schatzelein	—	—	—	Choir	Classical	1
Minnelied: Der Holdseligen sonder Wank	—	—	—	Choir	Classical	1
Gang zum Liebsten: Des Abends kann ich nicht schlafen	—	—	—	Choir	Classical	1
Der Gang zum Liebchen: Es glanzt der Mond nieder	—	—	—	Choir	Classical	1
Liebeslied: Gar lieblich hat sich gese	—	—	—	Voice, Choir	Classical	1
Es flog einTaublein weisse, WoO posth. 34 no. 5 - B-Dur/B-flat major	—	—	—	Choir	Classical	1
Ach, lieber Herre Jesu Christ, WoO posth. 34 no. 6 - D-Dur/D major	—	—	—	Choir	Classical	1
Sankt Raphael, WoO posth. 34 no. 7 - g-Moll/G minor	—	—	—	Choir	Classical	1
Ach, arme Welt, Op. 110 no. 2 - f-Moll/F minor	—	Op. 110 no. 2	—	—	—	2
Schaffe in mir, Gott ein reines Herz, Op. 29 no. 2 (Make in me, o God a clean pure heart) - G-Dur/G major	—	Op. 29 no. 2	—	—	—	0
Ruf zur Maria, Op. 22 no. 5 (Invocation to the virgin Mary) - B-Dur/B-flat major	—	Op. 22 no. 5	—	Choir	Classical	0
Verzicht, o Herz, auf Rettung, Op. 65 no. 1 (Think not, o heart, of rescue) - a-Moll/A minor	—	Op. 65 no. 1	—	bass, Tenor, Choir, Alto	Classical	0
A Rosesll Blooming (Rote Rosenknospen)	—	—	—	Choir	Classical	0
Botschaft(The Message) Brahms	—	—	—	—	—	0
Scheiden. Ach Gott, wie weh tut scheiden	—	—	—	Voice, Choir	Classical	0
Altes Minnelied. Ich fahr' dahin	—	—	—	Voice, Choir	Classical	0
Der Jager. Bei nachtlicher Weil	—	—	—	Voice, Choir	Classical	0
Die Versuchung. Feinsliebchen, du sollst mir nicht barfuss gehn'	—	—	—	Voice, Choir	Classical	0
Ich hab die Nacht getraumet	—	—	—	Voice, Choir	Classical	0
Ich horte ein Sichlein rauschen	—	—	—	Voice, Choir	Classical	0
Wach auf, meins Herzens Schone I, WoO 35 no. 2 - Es-Dur/Eb major	—	WoO 35 no. 2	—	—	Classical	0
Schnitter Tod, WoO 38, no. 5 - b-Moll/B-flat minor	—	WoO 38, no. 5	—	Voice, Choir	Classical	1
Create In Me, O God	—	—	—	Choir	Classical	0
O Cast Me Not Away	—	—	—	Choir	Classical	0
Intermezzo In A Minor Op.76 No.7	—	Op.76 No.7	A minor	—	—	0
Waltz In C Sharp Minor Op.39 No.16	—	Op.39 No.16	C-Sharp minor	—	—	0
Sapphische Ode Op.94 No.4	—	Op.94 No.4	—	—	—	0
The Dew Glistens Bright (Rubinstein)	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	0
"Waltzes, Op. 39 (16) (simplified version) (EPP 36)"	—	Op. 39	—	—	—	0
Waltzes for Piano, op. 39, simplified version (complete)	—	op. 39	—	—	—	0
"Capriccio in C sharp minor, Op. 76 No. 5"	—	Op. 76 No. 5	C-sharp minor	Piano	Classical	0
"Capriccio in F sharp minor, Op. 76 No. 1"	—	Op. 76 No. 1	F-sharp minor	Piano	Classical	0
"Intermezzo in A, Op. 76 No. 6"	—	Op. 76 No. 6	—	—	—	0
"Intermezzo in Ab, Op. 76 No. 3"	—	Op. 76 No. 3	—	Piano	Classical	0
"Intermezzo in Bb, Op. 76 No. 4"	—	Op. 76 No. 4	—	Piano	Classical	0
Waltz In A Minor (Op.39, No.14)	—	Op.39, No.14	A minor	—	—	0
Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel	—	—	—	—	Classical	0
Allegro All Marcia	—	—	—	Organ	Classical	0
Wenn ein starker Gewappneter, Op. 109 no. 2 - C-Dur/C major	—	Op. 109 no. 2	—	Choir	Classical	1
Wo ist ein so herrlich Volk, Op. 109 no. 3 - F-Dur/F major	—	Op. 109 no. 3	—	Choir	Classical	1
Ich aber bin elend, Op. 110 no. 1 - G-Dur/G major	—	Op. 110 no. 1	—	—	—	1
Begrabnisgesang, Op. 13 Performed by Johannes Brahms	—	Op. 13	—	—	—	0

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.