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Composer

Johannes Brahms

German composer (1833–1897)

1833–1897

4,957 catalog entries

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
Entries with composition dates
255 of 4,957

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Grouped works and collections

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Catalogue

Works page 95 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
Love Song Waltzes , Op. 52 - 12. Schlosser auf! — Op. 52— —— 1
Love Song Waltzes , Op. 52 - 13. Vogelein durchrauscht die Luft — Op. 52— —— 1
Love Song Waltzes , Op. 52 - 14. Sich, wie ist die Welle klar — Op. 52— —— 1
Love Song Waltzes , Op. 52 - 15. Nachtigall, sie singt so schon — Op. 52— —— 1
Love Song Waltzes , Op. 52 - 16. Ein dunkler Schacht ist Liebe — Op. 52— —— 1
Love Song Waltzes , Op. 52 - 17. Nicht wand'le, mein Licht — Op. 52— —— 1
Love Song Waltzes , Op. 52 - 18. Es bebet das Gestrauche — Op. 52— —— 1
Nanie, Op. 82 — Op. 82— —— 1
New Love Song Waltzes , Op. 65 - 1. Verzicht, o Herz — Op. 65— —— 1
New Love Song Waltzes , Op. 65 - 2. Finstere Schatten der Nacht — Op. 65— —— 1
New Love Song Waltzes , Op. 65 - 3. An jeder Hand die Finger — Op. 65— —— 1
New Love Song Waltzes , Op. 65 - 4. Ihr schwarzen Augen — Op. 65— —— 1
New Love Song Waltzes , Op. 65 - 5. Wahre, wahre deinen Sohn — Op. 65— —— 1
New Love Song Waltzes , Op. 65 - 6. Rosen steckt mir an die Mutter — Op. 65— —— 1
New Love Song Waltzes , Op. 65 - 7. Vom Gebirge Well auf Well — Op. 65— —— 1
New Love Song Waltzes , Op. 65 - 8. Weiche Graser im Revier — Op. 65— —— 1
New Love Song Waltzes , Op. 65 - 9. Nagen am Herzen — Op. 65— —— 1
New Love Song Waltzes , Op. 65 - 10. Ich kose suss mir der und der — Op. 65— —— 1
New Love Song Waltzes , Op. 65 - 11. Alles, alles in den Wind — Op. 65— —— 1
New Love Song Waltzes , Op. 65 - 12. Schwarzer Wald, dein Schatten ist so duster — Op. 65— —— 1
New Love Song Waltzes , Op. 65 - 13. Nein, Geliebter — Op. 65— —— 1
New Love Song Waltzes , Op. 65 - 14. Flammenauge, dunkles Haar — Op. 65— —— 1
New Love Song Waltzes , Op. 65 - 15. Zum Schluss — Op. 65— —— 1
Rhapsodie, Op. 53 — Op. 53— —— 1
Rinaldo, Op. 50 - Zu dem Strande, zu der Barke! — Op. 50— —— 1
Rinaldo, Op. 50 - O lasst mich einen Augenblick noch hier! — Op. 50— —— 1
Rinaldo, Op. 50 - Stelle her die gold'nen Tage — Op. 50— —— 1
Rinaldo, Op. 50 - Bunte, reichgeschmuckte — Op. 50— —— 1
Rinaldo, Op. 50 - Sachte kommt! — Op. 50— —— 1
Rinaldo, Op. 50 - Mit der Turteltanbe — Op. 50— —— 1
Rinaldo, Op. 50 - Nein! Nicht langer ist zu saumen — Op. 50— —— 1
Rinaldo, Op. 50 - Weh! Was she' ich — Op. 50— —— 1
Rinaldo, Op. 50 - Zuruck nur, zurucke — Op. 50— —— 1
Rinaldo, Op. 50 - Zum zweitenmale seh' ich erscheinen — Op. 50— —— 1
Rinaldo, Op. 50 - Und umgewandelt she' ich die Holde — Op. 50— —— 1
Rinaldo, Op. 50 - Vom Blitz getrofen schon die Palaste — Op. 50— —— 1
Rinaldo, Op. 50 - Schon sind sie erhoret — Op. 50— —— 1
Rinaldo, Op. 50 - Segel schwellen, grune Wellen — Op. 50— —— 1
Triumphlied , Op. 55 - 1. Halleluja! — Op. 55— —— 1
Triumphlied , Op. 55 - 2. Lobet unsern Gott — Op. 55— —— 1
Triumphlied , Op. 55 - 3. Und ich sahe den Himmel aufgethan — Op. 55— —— 1
Zigeunerlieder , Op. 103/112 - 1. He, Zigeuner — Op. 103/112— —— 1
Zigeunerlieder , Op. 103/112 - 2. Hochgeturmte Rimaflut — Op. 103/112— —— 1
Zigeunerlieder , Op. 103/112 - 3. Wisst ihr, wann mein Kindchen — Op. 103/112— —— 1
Zigeunerlieder , Op. 103/112 - 4. Lieber Gott, du weisst — Op. 103/112— —— 1
Dances, Op. 1032 listed pieces — Op. 103See contents See editions— Compare editions
Zigeunerlieder , Op. 103/112 - 6. Roslein dreie in der Reihe — Op. 103/112— —— 1
Zigeunerlieder , Op. 103/112 - 7. Kommt dir manchmal in den Sinn — Op. 103/112— —— 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.