Brahms‘ first piano works deal with the classical form of the sonata. The Scherzo op. 4 belongs to this context inasmuch as it can be considered as an independent sonata movement. However, with the melody of the Old German Minnelied
Song List:
Brahms: Ballad B major op. 10,4
Brahms: Ballad D major op. 10,2
Brahms: Ballad [Edward-Ballad] d minor op. 10,1
Brahms: Ballad [Intermezzo] b minor op. 10,
Song List:
Brahms: Ballad B major op. 10,4
Brahms: Ballad D major op. 10,2
Brahms: Ballad [Edward-Ballad] d minor op. 10,1
Brahms: Ballad [Intermezzo] b minor op. 10,
Brahms's First String Sextet became very popular after its publication in 1861, yet his publisher Simrock still hesitated when the composer offered him a second such work in 1865, “in the same cheerful mood”
Composer: Johannes BrahmsArranger: Johannes Brahms
Editors: Andreas Groethuysen, Robert Pascall
In order to also promote the circulation of his works outside the concert hall, Johannes Brahms made piano arrangements of many of his orchestral works. As t
Brahms' creative arrangements of his Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 in a new Urtext edition. The scholarly musical text follows the recently published volume in the Brahms Complete Edition.
In 1879, about ten years before Johannes Brahms composed his late, melancholic piano pieces, he wrote the two Rhapsodies op. 79 – two markedly passionate and comparatively extensiv
Composer: Johannes Brahms
“Do you love Brahms?” The majority of music lovers will answer “yes”, and they might be thinking of the Waltz op. 39 no. 15 its gently rocking melody is one of Brahmss most famous inspirations. Both original versions of this po
Following the publication of the 16 Waltzes for piano four hands, Brahms' publisher succeeded in persuading the composer to do a version for piano solo. After initially hesitating, Brahms suggested two versio
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms' organ works in a sense “frame” his whole oeuvre. He wrote several preludes and fugues and the chorale prelude “O Traurigkeit, o Herzeleid” in the mid-1850s, at a time when he was making an intensive study of cou
“No opus number” is what Brahms gave his astonished publisher to understand, when he offered him the Hungarian Dances for publication in 1869. He placed a great deal of importance on the fact that he had mere
Comp: Johannes BrahmsEd: Carl Seemann
Arr: Kurt Stephenson
Variations in D min on an Original Theme (from Sextet for Strings Op.18); 2 Sarabandes& 2 Gigues; Waltzes Op.39 Nos.1-16 (simplified version); Hungarian Dances Nos.1-10; Gavotte after Glück; 5
Comp. Johannes Brahms
ed. by Weekley & Arganbright: This exciting suite of sixteen Viennese waltzes with occasional touches of Hungarian flavor is a must for all your intermediate students. A reliable and helpful edition, based on Brahms' personal copy wi
Brahms' Hungarian Dances count on brilliant and spirited virtuosity whereas his 16 Waltzes op. 39 are more modest and intimate. Yet they are just as haunting - who isn't familiar with the gently rocking melod
