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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 76 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
Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77 - First Movement — Op. 77D major —— 1
Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77 - Second Movement — Op. 77D major —— 1
Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77 - Third Movement — Op. 77D major —— 1
Concerto for Violin and Cello in A Minor, Op. 102 - Second Movement — Op. 102A minor —Classical 1
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 — —— PianoClassical 0
Symphony No. 3: Solo from Second Movement — —— —Classical 0
Symphony No. 4: Solo from Second Movement — —— —Classical 0
Ich Aber Bin Elend Op.110 No.1 — Op.110 No.1— —— 1
Unsere Vater Hofften Auf Dich Op.109 No.1 — Op.109 No.1— ChoirClassical 1
Good Night — —— PianoClassical 0
Pretty Swallow — —— PianoClassical 0
Ah, Holy Jesus, Op. 122, No. 2 — Op. 122, No. 2— OrganClassical 1
Herzlich Thut Mich Verlangen Herzlich Thut Mich Verlangen — —— OrganClassical 0
A Dove Flew Down from Heaven — —— —Classical 0
Waltz, Op. 39, No. 15 for Piano 1865Wikidata Op. 39, No. 15— —— 2
Three Waltzes — —— —— 0
An die Heimat, Op. 64 no. 1 - G-Dur/G major Performed by Johannes Brahms — Op. 64 no. 1— —— 0
Der Abend, Op. 64 no. 2 - g-Moll/G minor Performed by Johannes Brahms — Op. 64 no. 2— —— 0
Hungarian Dance in F Sharp Minor — —F-Sharp minor PianoClassical 1
Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 60 — Op. 60C minor —Classical 0
Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77 (2nd movement — Op. 77D major —— 0
A Rose , Full Score — —— OrchestraClassical 0
A Rose (Chorale Prelude on "Beholdsheet music to download for orchestra — —— —Classical 0
Theme from First Symphonysheet music to download for orchestra — —— —Classical 0
Sixteen Waltzes, op. 39, no. 5 in E major — op. 39, no. 5E major —— 0
Five Romances and Lieder, op. 84, no. 4, Vergebliches Ständchen — op. 84, no. 4— —— 0
Ach, arme Welt - From "Three Motets" Op. 110, No. 2 — Op. 110, No. 2— —— 0
Piano Concerto no. 1 in D minor, Op.15, Maestoso — Op.15D minor —— 0
Piano Concerto no. 1 in D minor, Op.15, Adagio — Op.15D minor —— 0
Academic Festival Overture - Full Score — —— —— 0
Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73, Movement 2 - Full Score — Op. 73D major —— 0
Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90, Movement 4 - Full Score — Op. 90F major —— 0
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68 - Full Score — Op. 68C minor —— 0
Es Ist Ein Ros' Entsprungen - Tuba 1 — —— —— 0
Waltz Op.39 No. 2 - Piano — Op.39 No. 2— —— 0
Waltz Op.39 No.12 - Piano — Op.39 No.12— —— 0
Waltz Op.39 No.15 - Piano — Op.39 No.15— —— 0
Botschaft Op.47 No. 1 - Score — Op.47 No. 1— —— 0
Vergebliches Ständchen Op.84 No. 4 - Score — Op.84 No. 4— —— 0
Sapphische Ode Op.94 No. 4 - Score — Op.94 No. 4— —— 0
Hungarian Dance No. 6 - Score — —— —— 0
Hungarian Dance No. 6 - Piano — —— —— 0
Hungarian Dance No. 6 - Violin — —— —— 0
Cradle Song Op. 49 No. 4 - Score — Op. 49 No. 4— —— 0
Nine Waltzes from Op. 39 - Piano Score — Op. 39— —— 0
Liebeslieder Waltzes - Piano Score — —— —— 0
Waltz - C Instruments — —— —— 0
Waltz - Bb Instruments — —— —— 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.