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Johannes Brahms

Notable works by Johannes Brahms.

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A German Requiem (Brahms)

A German Requiem, to Words of the Holy Scriptures, Op. 45 () by Johannes Brahms, is a large-scale work for chorus, orchestra, and soprano and baritone soloists, composed between 1865 and 1868. It

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Academic Festival Overture

Academic Festival Overture (), Op. 80, by Johannes Brahms, was one of a pair of contrasting concert overtures — the other being the Tragic Overture, Op. 81. Brahms composed the work during the summer

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Alto Rhapsody

The Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53, is a composition for contralto, male chorus, and orchestra by Johannes Brahms, a setting of verses from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Harzreise im Winter. It was written in

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Ballades, Op. 10 (Brahms)

The Ballades, Op. 10, are lyrical piano pieces written by Johannes Brahms during his youth. They were dated 1854 and were dedicated to his friend Julius Otto Grimm. Their composition coincided with

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Brahms–Schoenberg Quartet

Brahms–Schoenberg Quartet is a one-act ballet by George Balanchine, to Johannes Brahms's Piano Quartet No. 1, orchestrated by Arnold Schoenberg. The ballet premiered on April 21, 1966 at the New York

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Cello Sonata No. 1 (Brahms)

The Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38, entitled "Sonate für Klavier und Violoncello", was written by Johannes Brahms in

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Cello Sonata No. 2 (Brahms)

Johannes Brahms's Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op. 99 (1886) followed his first by over twenty years and was published in 1887. It was written for, dedicated to, and premiered by Robert Hausmann,

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Clarinet Quintet (Brahms)

Johannes Brahms's Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115, was written in 1891 for the clarinettist Richard Mühlfeld. It is scored for a clarinet in A with a string quartet. It has a duration of

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Clarinet Sonatas (Brahms)

The Clarinet Sonatas, Op. 120, Nos. 1 and 2, are a pair of works written for clarinet and piano by the Romantic composer Johannes Brahms. They were written in 1894 and are dedicated to the

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Clarinet Trio (Brahms)

The Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op. 114, is one of four chamber works composed by Johannes Brahms featuring the clarinet as a primary instrument. It was written in the summer of 1891 in Bad Ischl for

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Die Blümelein, sie schlafen

"Die Blümelein, sie schlafen" is the first line of the German lullaby "Sandmännchen" (Sandman), from Anton Wilhelm von Zuccalmaglio's collection Deutsche Volkslieder (1840). The melody is based on a

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Double Concerto (Brahms)

The Double Concerto in A minor, Op. 102, by Johannes Brahms is a concerto for violin, cello and orchestra, composed in 1887 as his last work for

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Eleven Chorale Preludes

Eleven Chorale Preludes, Op. 122, is a collection of works for organ by Johannes Brahms, written in 1896, at the end of the composer's life, immediately after the death of his beloved friend, Clara

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F-A-E Sonata

The F-A-E Sonata, a four-movement work for violin and piano, is a collaborative musical work by three composers: Robert Schumann, the young Johannes Brahms, and Schumann's pupil Albert Dietrich. It

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Fest- und Gedenksprüche

Fest- und Gedenksprüche (Festival and Commemoration Sentences), Op. 109, is a cycle of three motets for mixed double choir by Johannes Brahms. He completed the work, setting biblical verses to music,

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Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan

Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan is a ballet solo choreographed by Frederick Ashton to music by Johannes Brahms, inspired by Isadora Duncan and created for Lynn Seymour. The first

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Four Pieces for Piano, Op. 119 (Brahms)

The Four Pieces for Piano () Op. 119, are four character pieces for piano composed by Johannes Brahms in 1893. The collection is the last composition for solo piano by Brahms. Together with the six

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Fünf Gesänge, Op. 104 (Brahms)

Fünf Gesänge (Five songs), Op. 104, is a song cycle of five part songs for mixed choir a cappella by Johannes Brahms. Composed in 1888 when Brahms was a 55-year-old bachelor, the five songs reflect

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Fünf Lieder, Op. 105 (Brahms)

Fünf Lieder (Five Songs), Op. 105, were composed by Johannes Brahms between 1886 and 1888. He set five poems by different authors, mostly contemporary poets, for a lower voice and piano. Simrock

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Geistliches Lied

Geistliches Lied (English: "Sacred Song" or "Spiritual Song"), Op. 30, by Johannes Brahms is an 1856 work for four-part mixed chorus accompanied by organ or piano. The composition is in the form of a

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Gesang der Parzen

Gesang der Parzen (Song of the Fates), Op. 89, is a piece for mixed choir and orchestra by Johannes Brahms. The work uses a text from Goethe's Iphigenie auf Tauris (which had earlier been set for

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Horn Trio (Brahms)

The Horn Trio in E major, Op. 40, by Johannes Brahms is a chamber piece in four movements written for natural horn, violin, and piano. Composed in 1865, the work commemorates the death of Brahms's

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Hungarian Dances (Brahms)

The Hungarian Dances () by Johannes Brahms (WoO 1), are a set of 21 dance tunes based mostly on Hungarian themes, completed in 1879. They vary from about a minute to five minutes in length. They are

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Initials R.B.M.E.

Initials R.B.M.E. () is a ballet choreographed by John Cranko to Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2. The ballet is plotless, and features four movements, each with a lead dancer. The ballet was created for

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Liebeslieder Waltzes (Brahms)

Johannes Brahms' Liebeslieder Waltzes (Liebeslieder-Walzer) are distributed across two opus numbers: Op. 52 and Op. 65 (Neue Liebeslieder). The waltzes are a collection of love songs in Ländler style

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Liebeslieder Walzer (ballet)

Liebeslieder Walzer is a two-part neoclassical ballet choreographed by George Balanchine to Johannes Brahms' Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op. 52 and Neue Liebeslieder, Op. 65, with original sets and

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Nänie

(the German form of Latin naenia, meaning "a funeral song" named after the Roman goddess Nenia) is a composition for SATB chorus and orchestra, Op. 82 by Johannes Brahms, which sets to music the poem

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Neue Liebeslieder

Neue Liebeslieder (New Love Songs), Op. 65, written by Johannes Brahms, is a collection of Romantic pieces written for four solo voices and four hands on the piano. They are also known as Neue

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Op. 120, No. 1 (Berio)

Op. 120, No. 1 (also entitled Opus 120, No. 1 or in its German form, Opus 120, Nr. 1) is a 1986 arrangement for clarinet and orchestra of Johannes Brahms's Clarinet Sonata Op. 120, No. 1 by Italian

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Piano Concerto No. 1 (Brahms)

The Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15, is a work for piano and orchestra completed by Johannes Brahms in 1858. The composer gave the work's public debut in Hanover, the following year. It was

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Piano Concerto No. 2 (Brahms)

The Piano Concerto No. 2 in B major, Op. 83, by Johannes Brahms is separated by a gap of 22 years from his first piano concerto. Brahms began work on the piece in 1878 and completed it in 1881 while

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Piano Quartet No. 1 (Brahms)

The Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25, was composed by Johannes Brahms between 1856 and 1861. It was premiered in 1861 in Hamburg, with Clara Schumann at the piano. It was also played in Vienna

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Piano Quartet No. 2 (Brahms)

The Piano Quartet No. 2 in A major, Op. 26, by Johannes Brahms is scored for piano, violin, viola and cello. It was completed in 1861 and received its premiere in November 1862 by the Hellmesberger

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Piano Quartet No. 3 (Brahms)

The Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60, completed by Johannes Brahms in 1875, is scored for piano, violin, viola and cello. It is sometimes called the Werther Quartet after Goethe's The Sorrows

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Piano Quintet (Brahms)

The Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34, by Johannes Brahms was completed during the summer of 1864 and published in 1865. It was dedicated to Her Royal Highness Princess Anna of Hesse. As with most

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Piano Sonata No. 1 (Brahms)

The Piano Sonata No. 1 in C major, Op. 1, of Johannes Brahms was written in Hamburg in 1853, and published later that year. Despite being his first published work, he had actually composed his Piano

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Piano Sonata No. 2 (Brahms)

Johannes Brahms composed the Piano Sonata No. 2 in F minor, Op. 2, in 1852 in Hamburg, Germany, and it was published the year after. Despite being his second published work, it was actually composed

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Piano Sonata No. 3 (Brahms)

The Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5 of Johannes Brahms was composed in Düsseldorf in 1853, when the composer was just over 20 years old. It was published the following year. The work is

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Piano Trio in A major (attributed to Brahms)

The Piano Trio in A major, sometimes attributed to Johannes Brahms as Anh. 4/5, is scored for piano, violin and cello. Brahms is reported to have destroyed many of his works that did not meet his own

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Piano Trio No. 1 (Brahms)

The Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8, by Johannes Brahms was completed in January 1854, when the composer was only twenty years old, published in November 1854 and premiered on 13 October 1855 in

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Piano Trio No. 2 (Brahms)

Johannes Brahms composed his Piano Trio No. 2 in C major, Op. 87, between 1880 and 1882. It is scored for piano, violin and cello. A typical performance lasts roughly 27 to 30

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Piano Trio No. 3 (Brahms)

The Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 101, by Johannes Brahms is scored for piano, violin and cello, and was written in the summer of 1886 while Brahms was on holiday in Hofstetten, Switzerland. It

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Schicksalslied

The Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny), Op. 54, is an orchestrally accompanied choral setting of a poem written by Friedrich Hölderlin and is one of several major choral works written by Johannes

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Serenades (Brahms)

The two Serenades, Op. 11 and 16, are early orchestral works by Johannes Brahms. They both date from after the 1856 death of Robert Schumann when Brahms was residing in Detmold and had access to an

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Sixteen Waltzes, Op. 39 (Brahms)

Sixteen Waltzes (German: Sechzehn Walzer), Op. 39, is a set of 16 short waltzes for piano written by Johannes Brahms. They were composed in 1865, and published in 1866, dedicated to the music critic

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String Quartet No. 3 (Brahms)

The String Quartet No. 3 in B major, Op. 67, was composed by Johannes Brahms in the summer of 1875 and published by the firm of Fritz Simrock. It received its premiere performance on October 30, 1876

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String Quartets, Op. 51 (Brahms)

Johannes Brahms' String Quartet No. 1 in C minor and String Quartet No. 2 in A minor were completed in Tutzing, Bavaria, during the summer of 1873, and published together that autumn as Op. 51. They

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String Quintet No. 1 (Brahms)

The String Quintet No. 1 in F major, Op. 88, is a work composed in 1882 by Johannes Brahms in Bad Ischl, Upper Austria. It was first performed at a chamber music museum concert in Frankfurt on 29

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String Quintet No. 2 (Brahms)

String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 111, is a string quintet by Johannes Brahms composed in Bad Ischl in 1890 and published in 1891. It is known as the Prater Quintet. Brahms intended it to be his

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String Sextet No. 1 (Brahms)

The String Sextet No. 1 in B major, Op. 18, was composed in 1860 by Johannes Brahms and premiered 20 October that year in Hanover by an ensemble led by Joseph Joachim. It was published in 1862 by the

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String Sextet No. 2 (Brahms)

Johannes Brahms' String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Opus 36 was composed during the years of 1864–1865 (although it drew on material from earlier times) and published by the firm of Fritz Simrock. It

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Symphony No. 1 (Brahms)

The Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68, is a symphony written by Johannes Brahms. Brahms spent at least fourteen years completing this work, whose sketches date from 1854. Brahms himself declared that

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Symphony No. 2 (Brahms)

Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73, was composed by Johannes Brahms in the summer of 1877, during a visit to Pörtschach am Wörthersee, a town in the Austrian province of Carinthia. Its composition was

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Symphony No. 3 (Brahms)

Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90, is a symphony by Johannes Brahms. The work was written in the summer of 1883 at Wiesbaden, nearly six years after he completed his Symphony No. 2. In the interim

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Symphony No. 4 (Brahms)

The Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 by Johannes Brahms is the last of his symphonies. Brahms began working on the piece in Mürzzuschlag, then in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, in 1884, just a year

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Three Intermezzi for piano, Op. 117 (Brahms)

The Three Intermezzi for piano, Op. 117, are a set of solo piano pieces composed by Johannes Brahms in 1892. They show Brahms's interest in lullaby; in particular, Brahms told a friend that they were

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Tragic Overture (Brahms)

The Tragic Overture (), Op. 81, is a concert overture for orchestra written by Johannes Brahms during the summer of 1880. It premiered, under Hans Richter, on 26 December 1880 in Vienna. Most

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Triumphlied

The Triumphlied (Op. 55) is a work for baritone solo, choir and orchestra by the German composer Johannes Brahms. Brahms wrote the work on the occasion of the German victory in the Franco-Prussian

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Two Motets, Op. 74 (Brahms)

Two Motets (Zwei Motetten), Op. 74, are two sacred motets for unaccompanied mixed choir by Johannes Brahms, published together. Number 1, composed in 1877 in several movements, is Warum ist das Licht

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Two Songs for Voice, Viola and Piano

Two Songs for Voice, Viola and Piano (), Op. 91, were composed by Johannes Brahms for his friends Joseph Joachim and his wife Amalie. The text of the first song, "Gestillte Sehnsucht" (Longing at

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Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel

The Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24, is a work for solo piano written by Johannes Brahms in 1861. It consists of a set of twenty-five variations and a concluding fugue, all based on

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Variations on a Theme by Haydn

The Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn (), now also called the Saint Anthony Variations, is a work in the form of a theme and variations, composed by Johannes Brahms in the summer of 1873 at

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Variations on a Theme of Paganini

Variations on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 35, is a work for piano composed in 1863 by Johannes Brahms, based on the Caprice No. 24 in A minor by Niccolò

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Vier ernste Gesänge

Vier ernste Gesänge (Four Serious Songs), Op. 121, is a cycle of four songs for bass and piano by Johannes Brahms. As in his Ein deutsches Requiem, the texts are compiled from the Luther Bible. Three

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Violin Concerto (Brahms)

The Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77, was composed by Johannes Brahms in 1878 and dedicated to and premiered by his friend, the violinist Joseph Joachim. It is Brahms's only violin concerto, and,

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Violin Sonata No. 1 (Brahms)

The Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78, , the first of three such works for violin and piano, was composed by Johannes Brahms during the summers of 1878 and 1879 in Pörtschach am Wörthersee. It

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Violin Sonata No. 2 (Brahms)

The Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 100 ("Thun" or "Meistersinger"), by Johannes Brahms, the second of three such works for violin and piano, was written while spending the summer of 1886 in Thun

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Violin Sonata No. 3 (Brahms)

Johannes Brahms's Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108 is the third and last of his violin sonatas, composed between 1886 and 1888. Unlike the two previous violin sonatas, it is in four movements

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Wiegenlied (Brahms)

"" ("Lullaby"; "Cradle Song"), Op. 49, No. 4, is a lied for voice and piano by Johannes Brahms which was first published in 1868. It is one of the composer's most famous

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Zigeunerlieder (Brahms)

The Zigeunerlieder (Gypsy songs), Op. 103 and Op. 112 Nos. 3–6, are a song cycle for four singers (or choir) and piano by Johannes Brahms (Op. 103 Nos. 1–7 and 11 exist also in an arrangement for

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