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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 68 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
Ruf zur Maria, Op. 22 no. 5 - B-Dur/B-flat major Performed by Johannes Brahms — Op. 22 no. 5— ChoirClassical 0
O bone Jesu, Op. 37 no. 1 - F-Dur/F major — Op. 37 no. 1— ChoirClassical 0
Regina coeli, Op. 37 no. 3 - F-Dur/F major — Op. 37 no. 3— ChoirClassical 0
Wenn wir in hochsten Noten sein, Op. 110 no. 3 - c-Moll/C minor Performed by Johannes Brahms — Op. 110 no. 3— —— 0
Geistliches Lied, Op. 30 - Es-Dur/Eb major Performed by Johannes Brahms — Op. 30— —— 0
Schaffe in mir, Gott ein reines Herz, Op. 29 no. 2 - G-Dur/G major Performed by Johannes Brahms — Op. 29 no. 2— —— 0
Warum ist das Licht gegeben, Op. 74 no. 1 - d-Moll/D minor — Op. 74 no. 1— —— 0
Benedictus, WoO 18 — WoO 18— ChoirClassical 0
Ave Maria, Op. 12 - F-Dur/F major Performed by Johannes Brahms — Op. 12— —— 0
Der 13. Psalm, Op. 27 - g-Moll/G minor Performed by Johannes Brahms — Op. 27— —— 0
In stiller Nacht, WoO posth. 34 no. 8 - Es-Dur/Eb major — —— ChoirClassical 0
Erlaube mir, feins Madchen, WoO 35 no. 3 - F-Dur/F major — WoO 35 no. 3— ChoirClassical 1
Dem Himmel will ich klagen, WoO 33 no. 44 - d-Moll/D minor — WoO 33 no. 44— ChoirClassical 0
Es war einmal ein Zimmergesell, WoO 33 no. 46 - a-Moll/A minor — WoO 33 no. 46— ChoirClassical 0
Es ging sich unsre Fraue, WoO 33 no. 47 - a-Moll/A minor — WoO 33 no. 47— ChoirClassical 0
Verstohlen geht der Mond auf, WoO 33 no. 49 - a-Moll/A minor — WoO 33 no. 49— ChoirClassical 0
Ich wandte mich und sahe, Op. 121 no. 2 Performed by Johannes Brahms — Op. 121 no. 2— —Classical 0
O Tod, wie bitter bist du, Op. 121 no. 3 - e-Moll/E minor Performed by Johannes Brahms — Op. 121 no. 3— —Classical 0
Von edler Art, WoO posth. 34 no. 1 - F-Dur/F major — —— ChoirClassical 0
Denn es gehet dem Menschen wie dem Vieh, Op. 121 no. 1 - d-Moll/D minor Performed by Johannes Brahms — Op. 121 no. 1— —Classical 0
Vom heiligen Martyrer Emmerano, WoO posth. 34 no. 4 — —— ChoirClassical 0
Abendstandchen, Op. 42 no. 1 - G-Dur/G major — Op. 42 no. 1— —— 0
Darthulas Grabesgesang, Op. 42 no. 3 - g-Moll/G minor — Op. 42 no. 3— ChoirClassical 0
Rede, Madchen, Op. 52 no. 1 - E-Dur/E major Performed by Johannes Brahms — Op. 52 no. 1— ChoirClassical 0
O die Frauen, Op. 52 no. 3 - A-Dur/A major Performed by Johannes Brahms — Op. 52 no. 3— ChoirClassical 0
Wie des Abends schone Rote, Op. 52 no. 4 - F-Dur/F major Performed by Johannes Brahms — Op. 52 no. 4— ChoirClassical 0
Die grune Hopfenranke, Op. 52 no. 5 - a-Moll/A minor Performed by Johannes Brahms — Op. 52 no. 5— ChoirClassical 0
Wohl schon bewandt war es, Op. 52 no. 7 - c-Moll/C minor Performed by Johannes Brahms — Op. 52 no. 7— ChoirClassical 0
Am Donaustrande, Op. 52 no. 9 - E-Dur/E major Performed by Johannes Brahms — Op. 52 no. 9— ChoirClassical 0
O wie sanft, Op. 52 no. 10 - G-Dur/G major Performed by Johannes Brahms — Op. 52 no. 10— ChoirClassical 0
Schlosser, auf, und mache Schlosser, Op. 52 no. 12 - Es-Dur/Eb major Performed by Johannes Brahms — Op. 52 no. 12— ChoirClassical 0
Sieh, wie ist die Welle klar, Op. 52 no. 14 - Es-Dur/Eb major Performed by Johannes Brahms — Op. 52 no. 14— ChoirClassical 0
Nachtigall, sie singt so schon, Op. 52 no. 15 - As-Dur/Ab major Performed by Johannes Brahms — Op. 52 no. 15— ChoirClassical 0
Nicht wandle, mein Licht, Op. 52 no. 17 - Des-Dur/D-flat major Performed by Johannes Brahms — Op. 52 no. 17— ChoirClassical 0
Verzicht, o Herz, auf Rettung, Op. 65 no. 1 - a-Moll/A minor Performed by Johannes Brahms — Op. 65 no. 1— ChoirClassical 0
Finstere Schatten der Nacht, Op. 65 no. 2 - a-Moll/A minor Performed by Johannes Brahms — Op. 65 no. 2— ChoirClassical 0
Ihr schwarzen Augen, Op. 65 no. 4 - d-Moll/D minor Performed by Johannes Brahms — Op. 65 no. 4— ChoirClassical 0
Rosen steckt mir an die Mutter, Op. 65 no. 6 - F-Dur/F major Performed by Johannes Brahms — Op. 65 no. 6— ChoirClassical 0
Vom Gebirge Well auf Well, Op. 65 no. 7 - C-Dur/C major Performed by Johannes Brahms — Op. 65 no. 7— ChoirClassical 0
Nagen am Herzen, Op. 65 no. 9 - g-Moll/G minor Performed by Johannes Brahms — Op. 65 no. 9— ChoirClassical 0
Alles, alles in den Wind, Op. 65 no. 11 - G-Dur/G major Performed by Johannes Brahms — Op. 65 no. 11— ChoirClassical 0
Schwarzer Wald, dein Schatten ist so duster, Op. 65 no. 12 - g-Moll/G minor Performed by Johannes Brahms — Op. 65 no. 12— ChoirClassical 0
Flammenauge, dunkles Haar, Op. 65 no. 14 - a-Moll/A minor Performed by Johannes Brahms — Op. 65 no. 14— ChoirClassical 0
He, Zigeuner, Op. 103 no. 1 - a-Moll/A minor Performed by Johannes Brahms — Op. 103 no. 1— ChoirClassical 0
Hochgeturmte Rimaflut, Op. 103 no. 2 - d-Moll/D minor Performed by Johannes Brahms — Op. 103 no. 2— ChoirClassical 0
Lieber Gott, du weisst wie oft, Op. 103 no. 4 - F-Dur/F major Performed by Johannes Brahms — Op. 103 no. 4— ChoirClassical 0
Roslein dreie in der Reihe, Op. 103 no. 6 - G-Dur/G major Performed by Johannes Brahms — Op. 103 no. 6— ChoirClassical 0
Kommt dir manchmal in den Sinn, Op. 103 no. 7 - Es-Dur/Eb major Performed by Johannes Brahms — Op. 103 no. 7— bass, Tenor, Choir, AltoClassical 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.