Brahms, Johannes

Composer Information

Johannes Brahms (7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer and pianist. Born in Hamburg into a Lutheran family, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria, where he was a leader of the musical scene. In his lifetime, Brahms's popularity and influence were considerable; following a comment by the nineteenth-century conductor Hans von Bülow, he is sometimes grouped with Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven as one of the "Three Bs". Brahms composed for piano, chamber ensembles, symphony orchestra, and for voice and chorus. A virtuoso pianist, he premiered many of his own works; he worked with some of the leading performers of his time, including the pianist Clara Schumann and the violinist Joseph Joachim. Many of his works have become staples of the modern concert repertoire. Brahms, an uncompromising perfectionist, destroyed some of his works and left others unpublished. Brahms is often considered both a traditionalist and an innovator. His music is firmly rooted in the structures and compositional techniques of the Baroque and Classical masters. He was a master of counterpoint, the complex and highly disciplined art for which Johann Sebastian Bach is famous, and of development, a compositional ethos pioneered by Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, and other composers. Brahms aimed to honour the "purity" of these venerable "German" structures and advance them into a Romantic idiom, in the process creating bold new approaches to harmony and melody. While many contemporaries found his music too academic, his contribution and craftsmanship have been admired by subsequent figures as diverse as Arnold Schoenberg and Edward Elgar. The diligent, highly constructed nature of Brahms's works was a starting point and an inspiration for a generation of composers. [source from Wikipedia]

Work

• 6 Songs, Op. 7
• 8 Songs and Romances, Op. 14
• Songs for Mary, Op. 22
• 9 Lieder and Songs, Op. 32
• 4 Songs, Op. 43
• 5 Songs, Op. 47
• 7 Songs, Op. 48
• 5 Songs, Op. 49
• Song of Destiny, Op. 54
• 8 Lieder and Songs, Op. 59
• 6 Songs, Op. 85
• 6 Songs, Op. 86
• 5 Songs, Op. 94
• 7 Songs, Op. 95
• 4 Songs, Op. 96
• 6 Songs, Op. 97
• 5 Songs, Op. 105
• 5 Songs, Op. 106
• 5 Songs, Op. 107
• Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38
• Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38
• Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op. 99
• Piano Sonata No. 1 in C major, Op. 1
• Piano Sonata No. 2 in F sharp minor, Op. 2
• Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5
• Clarinet Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 120 No. 1
• Clarinet Sonata No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 120 No. 2
• F-A-E Sonata
• Sonata No. 1 in G major for Violin, Op. 78
• Sonata No. 2 in A major for Violin, Op. 100
• Sonata No. 3 in D minor for Violin, Op. 108
• 5 Poems, Op. 19
• 9 Lieder and Songs, Op. 63
• 5 Songs, Op. 71
• 5 Songs, Op. 72
• 2 Songs, Op. 91
• 4 Serious Songs, Op. 121
• Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15
• Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83
• Concerto in A minor for Violin And Cello, Op. 102
• Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77
• Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
• Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73
• Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90
• Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98
• String Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 51 No. 1
• String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 51 No. 2
• String Quartet No. 3 in B flat major, Op. 67
• Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24
• 28 Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35
• Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a (Orchestra Version)
• 8 Pieces for Piano, Op. 76
• 6 Pieces for Piano, Op. 118
• 4 Pieces for Piano, Op. 119
• 15 Romances from Magelone the Fair, Op. 33
• 5 Romances and Songs, Op. 84
• Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53
• 2 Rhapsodies, Op. 79
• String Sextet No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 18
• String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36
• Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80
• Tragic Overture, Op. 81
• Gypsy Songs, Op. 103
• 49 German Folk Songs, WoO 33
• Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25
• Piano Quartet No. 2 in A major, Op. 26
• 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1
• 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1
• Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
• 7 Fantasies for Piano, Op. 116
• 11 Chorale Preludes, Op. 122
• 4 Ballads, Op. 10
• Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op. 114
• Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115
• A German Requiem, Op. 45
• Serenade No. 1 in D major, Op. 11
• Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8
• Horn Trio in E flat major, Op. 40
• 16 Waltzes, Op. 39
• 3 Intermezzi, Op. 117
• Scherzo in E flat minor, Op. 4