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 73 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
Walzer, Op.39, No.15	—	Op.39, No.15	—	—	Classical	0
Symphony No. 1 In C Minor, Opus 68	—	Opus 68	C minor	Clarinet	Classical	1
Symphony No. 2 In D, Opus 73	—	Opus 73	—	Clarinet	Classical	1
Symphony No. 3 In F Major, Opus 90	—	Opus 90	F major	Clarinet	Classical	1
Piano Concerto No. 2 In Bb Major, Opus 83	—	Opus 83	B-flat major	Clarinet	Classical	1
Academic Festival Overture, Opus 80	—	Opus 80	—	—	—	0
Double Concerto In A Minor, Opus 102	—	Opus 102	A minor	Clarinet	Classical	1
Wie bit du, meine Konigin, Op. 32, No. 9	—	Op. 32, No. 9	—	—	Classical	1
Dein blaues Auge, Op. 59, No. 8	—	Op. 59, No. 8	—	—	—	2
Sapphiche Ode, Op. 94, No. 4	—	Op. 94, No. 4	—	—	Classical	1
Wie Melodien zieht es mir, Op. 105, No. 1	1986Wikidata	Op. 105, No. 1	—	—	Classical	2
Waltz in Ab [Arranged by Laura Spitzer]	—	—	—	—	—	0
Ach, arme Welt, Op. 110 no.2 Performed by Johannes Brahms	—	Op. 110 no.2	—	—	—	0
Geistliches Lied, Op. 30 Performed by Johannes Brahms	—	Op. 30	—	—	—	0
Warum ist das Licht, Op. 74 no.1 Performed by Johannes Brahms	—	Op. 74 no.1	—	Voice, Choir	Classical	0
Waltz in Ab, Op. 39, No. 15	—	Op. 39, No. 15	—	—	—	1
Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Wiegenlied : Guten Abend, Gut Nacht, op. 49, no. 4 Performed by Johannes Brahms	—	op. 49, no. 4	—	Low Voice	Classical	0
BRAHMS - Symphony No. 1, Op. 68, Fourth Movement Excerpt	—	Op. 68	—	Piano	Classical	0
BRAHMS Waltz in A-flat Major, Op. 39, No. 15	—	Op. 39, No. 15	A-flat major	—	—	1
BRUCKNER Symphony No. 7, Second Movement Excerpt	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	0
Waltz in G# Minor Op. 39 No. 3	—	Op. 39 No. 3	G-sharp minor	—	—	1
Gaudeamus Igitur Performed by Johannes Brahms	—	—	—	Piano	Classical, pop	0
As If Melodies Were Passing By	—	—	—	Piano, Cello	Classical	1
Zigeunerlied in D Minor	—	—	D minor	Cello	Classical	0
Hangok I.	—	—	—	Voice, Choir	Classical	1
Second Movement Theme Performed by Johannes Brahms	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	3
Gaudeamus Igitus from Academic Festival Overture	—	—	—	—	—	0
Exercise, No. 9a	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	0
Allegro Performed by Johannes Brahms	—	—	—	Flute	Classical	0
Allegretto grazioso Performed by Johannes Brahms	—	—	—	Flute	Classical	0
Poco Allegretto Performed by Johannes Brahms	—	—	—	Flute	Classical	0
Allegro non troppo Performed by Johannes Brahms	—	—	—	Piano, Flute	Classical, pop	0
Hungarian Dance No. 5 [Arranged by Roy Phillippe]	—	—	—	—	—	1
Hungarian Dance No. 5 Performed by Johannes Brahms	—	—	—	—	—	0
Magyar tanc No. 5	—	—	—	Accordion	Classical	0
Nos. 1, 2, 11, 14 and 15, from Waltzes [Op. 39]	—	Op. 39	—	—	—	1
Scherzo from Lyric Pieces [Op. 94, No. 5] Additional credits Emil Kronke	—	Op. 94, No. 5	—	Piano	Classical	0
Sonata in G Major [Op. 15, No. 5] Additional credits Johann Christian Bach	—	Op. 15, No. 5	G major	Piano	Classical	0
Gaudemus Igitur	—	—	—	Piano	Classical, pop	1
Rhapsody B minor Op. 79, No. 1	—	Op. 79, No. 1	—	—	Classical	1
Intermezzo B flat minor Op. 117, No. 2	—	Op. 117, No. 2	—	—	Classical	1
Intermezzo C sharp minor Op. 117, No. 3	—	Op. 117, No. 3	—	—	Classical	1
Waltz No. 13 C major Op. 39, No. 13	—	Op. 39, No. 13	—	—	—	1
Waltz No. 14 A minor Op. 39, No. 14	—	Op. 39, No. 14	—	—	—	1
Waltz No. 15 A major Op. 39, No. 15	—	Op. 39, No. 15	—	—	—	1
Waltz No. 16 F major Op. 39, No. 16	—	Op. 39, No. 16	—	—	—	1
Waltz No. 6 C major Op. 39, No. 6	—	Op. 39, No. 6	—	—	—	1
Capriccio D minor Op. 116, No. 1	—	Op. 116, No. 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.