List of compositions by Johannes Brahms

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The following is a list of compositions by Johannes Brahms, classified by genre and type of work.

The table is sortable (click on header of "#" column) by opus numbers (Op.), works without opus numbers (W.), appendix works (A.), and uncatalogued works (A. deest).

#  | Title  | Scoring  | Date  | Notes

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## Orchestral works

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### Symphonies

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Op. 68 | Symphony No. 1 in C minor  | orchestra  | 1854–76  | arr. for piano 4-hands 1877
Op. 73 | Symphony No. 2 in D major  | orchestra  | 1877  | arr. for piano 4-hands 1877;

arr. for 2 pianos published 1891 (not by Brahms?)

Op. 90 | Symphony No. 3 in F major  | orchestra  | 1883  | arr. for piano 4-hands 1883;

arr. for 2 pianos 1884

Op. 98 | Symphony No. 4 in E minor  | orchestra  | 1884–85  | arr. for piano 4-hands 1886;

arr. for 2 pianos 1887

### Serenades

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Op. 11 | Serenade No. 1 in D major  | orchestra  | 1857–58  | original version for wind/string octet 1857 (discarded), 2nd version for chamber nonet 1857 (lost);

revised for chamber orchestra 1858 (lost);

revised and adapted for full orchestra 1858–59;

arr. for piano 4-hands 1859–60

Op. 16 | Serenade No. 2 in A major  | orchestra  | 1858–59  | original version for full orchestra 1858 (lost?), 2nd version for chamber orchestra (no violin/trumpet/trombone/percussion) 1859;

revised 1875;

arr. for piano 4-hands 1875

### Overtures

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Op. 80 | Academic Festival Overture | orchestra  | 1880  | arr. for piano 4-hands 1880
Op. 81 | Tragic Overture | orchestra  | 1880  | arr. for piano 4-hands 1880

### Other orchestral works

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Op. 56a | Variations on a Theme by Haydn ("Saint Anthony Variations")  | orchestra  | 1873  | orchestration of Op. 56b

### Piano concertos

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Op. 15 | Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor  | piano, orchestra  | 1854–58  | original version as Sonata for Two Pianos 1854 (Mvts 2 & 3 are Anh. 2a/2) (discarded), 2nd version as Symphony in D minor in 4 mvts (4th mvt never written) 1854–55 (Mvts 2 & 3 are Anh. 2a/2) (discarded), final version (Piano Concerto) in 3 mvts (only 1st mvt from previous versions, 2nd & 3rd mvts new) 1855–58;

two piano version 1855–56; revised 1859; r. for piano 4-hands 1864

Op. 83 | Piano Concerto No. 2 in B♭ major  | piano, orchestra  | 1878–81  | 4 mvts;

middle two mvts (Scherzo & Andante) arr. from the discarded middle two mvts (Anh. 2a/1) of the original version of the Violin Concerto Op. 77; arr. for 2 pianos 1881; cello solo theme of 3rd mvt arr. 1886 as a song Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer Op. 105 No. 2

### Other concertos

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Op. 77 | Violin Concerto in D major  | violin, orchestra  | 1878  | original version in 4 mvts, final version in 3 mvts: the previous middle two mvts (Scherzo & Andante, Anh. 2a/1) were removed and replaced by a single Adagio;

original version's two discarded middle mvts incorporated into Piano Concerto No. 2 Op. 83; rr. for violin and piano 1878

Op. 102 | Double Concerto in A minor  | violin, cello, orchestra  | 1887  |

## Chamber works

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### Sonatas

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#### Violin sonatas

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W. 2 | Scherzo in C minor  | violin, piano  | 1853  | written as the 3rd mvt of the F-A-E Sonata, the other 3 mvts written by Robert Schumann and Albert Dietrich;

Brahms' Scherzo published 1927 (entire Sonata published 1935)

Op. 78 | Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major ("Rain Sonata")  | violin, piano  | 1878–79  | the main recurring (cyclic) theme of all 3 mvts is taken from the common theme of two songs: Regenlied ("Rain song") & Nachklang ("Echo") Op. 59 Nos. 3 & 4
Op. 100 | Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major  | violin, piano  | 1886  | themes from the songs Op. 63 No. 5, Op. 97 No. 5, Op. 105 Nos. 1, 2, and 4 are used throughout the sonata
Op. 108 | Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor  | violin, piano  | 1886–88  | 4 mvts

#### Cello sonatas

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Op. 38 | Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor  | cello, piano  | 1862 & 65

I–III: 1862
IV: 1865

| originally 4 mvts, the 2nd mvt Adagio (Anh. 2a/9) was discarded, leaving the 3rd mvt Minuet to become the 2nd mvt;

3 mvt version arr. for viola and piano 1887

Op. 99 | Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major  | cello, piano  | 1886  |

#### Clarinet sonatas

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Op. 120 | 2 Clarinet Sonatas

1. Clarinet Sonata No. 1 in F minor
2. Clarinet Sonata No. 2 in E♭ major

| clarinet, piano  | 1894  | alternate version: clarinet part may be played by violin;

arr. for viola and piano 1895

### Piano and strings

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#### Piano trios

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A. 4/5 | Piano Trio in A major | piano, violin, cello  | 1853–55  | discovered 1924; authorship doubtful, attributed to Brahms as an early composition, possibly written by Albert Dietrich; published 1938
Op. 8 | Piano Trio No. 1 in B major/minor  | piano, violin, cello  | 1854, 2nd version 1889;  | Brahms wrote several other Piano Trios prior to November 1854 (Anh. 2a/6) when this one was published, including likely another composed concurrent with this one, all destroyed
Op. 87 | Piano Trio No. 2 in C major  | piano, violin, cello  | 1880 & 82  | Brahms wrote another Piano Trio concurrent to this one, in E♭ major (Anh. 2a/7); in 1880 he had completed the 1st mvt Allegros of each, but they were put aside until 1882, when the E♭ major Trio was destroyed and this Trio's remaining 3 mvts were written
Op. 101 | Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor | piano, violin, cello  | 1886  |

#### Piano quartets

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Op. 25 | Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor  | piano, violin, viola, cello  | 1856–61  | arr. for piano 4-hands 1870
Op. 26 | Piano Quartet No. 2 in A major  | piano, violin, viola, cello  | 1861  | arr. for piano 4-hands 1872
Op. 60 | Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor ("Werther Quartet")  | piano, violin, viola, cello  | 1875  |

#### Piano quintets

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Op. 34 | Piano Quintet in F minor  | piano, 2 violins, viola, cello  | 1864  | original version as String Quintet for 2 violins, viola, 2 cellos written 1862 (destroyed later), 2nd version as Sonata for Two Pianos Op. 34 written 1863

### Clarinet

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Op. 114 | Clarinet Trio in A minor  | clarinet, cello, piano  | 1891  | alternate versions: clarinet part may be played by viola or violin
Op. 115 | Clarinet Quintet in B minor  | clarinet, 2 violins, viola, cello  | 1891  |

### Horn

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Op. 40 | Horn Trio in E♭ major  | horn (natural, in E♭), violin, piano  | 1865  | theme of Trio section of 2nd mvt Scherzo taken from Albumblatt written 1853;

alternate versions: original ms specifies horn part may be played by cello; also later (1884 publication) by viola

A. 4/1 | 12 Etudes  | trumpet or horn  |  | authorship doubtful

### String ensembles

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#### String trios

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A. 3/1 | Trio "Hymn in Veneration of the Great Joachim" in A major  | 2 violins, cello/double bass  | 1853

#### String quartets

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Op. 51 | 2 String Quartets

1. String Quartet No. 1 in C minor
2. String Quartet No. 2 in A minor

| 2 violins, viola, cello  | 1865–73  | Brahms wrote 20 String Quartets prior to these two (Anh. 2a/5), all destroyed; both arr. for piano 4-hands 1873
Op. 67 | String Quartet No. 3 in B♭ major  | 2 violins, viola, cello  | 1875  | arr. for piano 4-hands 1875

#### String quintets

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Op. 88 | String Quintet No. 1 in F major  | 2 violins, 2 violas, cello  | 1882  | arr. for piano 4-hands 1882
Op. 111 | String Quintet No. 2 in G major (Prater)  | 2 violins, 2 violas, cello  | 1890  | arr. for piano 4-hands 1890

#### String sextets

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Op. 18 | String Sextet No. 1 in B♭ major  | 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos  | 1860  | 2nd mvt arr. for piano solo in 1860 as Theme and Variations in D minor Op. 18b;

arr. for piano 4-hands 1860–61

Op. 36 | String Sextet No. 2 in G major  | 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos  | 1864–65  | arr. for piano 4-hands 1865–66

## Keyboard works

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### Piano solo

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#### Piano sonatas

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Op. 2 | Piano Sonata No. 2 in F♯ minor  | piano  | 1852  | 2nd mvt is a theme and variations on the old German Minnelied Mir ist leide
Op. 1 | Piano Sonata No. 1 in C major  | piano  | 1853  | 2nd mvt is a theme and variations on the old German Minnelied Verstohlen geht der Mond auf, later set for female chorus and piano as Ständchen WoO 38 No. 20;

the ms is entitled Sonata No. 4; as Op. 2 was written before this one, Brahms wrote two other Piano Sonatas prior to this (Anh. 2a/15) that he destroyed

Op. 5 | Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor  | piano  | 1853  |

#### Variations

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Op. 9 | Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann in F♯ minor  | piano  | 1854  |
Op. 21 | 2 Sets of Variations

1. 11 Variations on an Original Theme in D major
2. 13 Variations on a Hungarian Melody in D major

| piano  | 1854 & 57

1\. 1857
2\. 1854

Op. 18b | Theme and Variations in D minor  | piano  | 1860  | transcription of 2nd mvt of String Sextet No. 1 Op. 18;

published 1927

Op. 24 | Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel in B♭ major ("Handel Variations")  | piano  | 1861  |
Op. 35 | Etudes for Piano: Variations on a Theme of Paganini | piano  | 1863  |
A. 3/6 | Variation on a Theme by Schumann in F♯ minor  | piano  | 1868  |

#### Character pieces

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Op. 4 | Scherzo in E♭ minor  | piano  | 1851  |
Op. 10 | 4 Ballades

1. Ballade in D minor
2. Ballade in D major
3. Ballade in B minor
4. Ballade in B major

| piano  | 1854  |
A. 1a/7 | Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet (Op. 44): Scherzo (arr. by JB)  | piano  | 1854  |
W. 3 | 2 Gavottes

1. Gavotte in A major
2. Gavotte in A minor

| piano  | 1855  |
W. 4 | 2 Gigues

1. Gigue in A minor
2. Gigue in B minor

| piano  | 1855  | published 1927
W. 5 | 2 Sarabandes

1. Sarabande in A minor
2. Sarabande in B minor

| piano  | 1854–55  | published 1917
A. 3/3 | Kreis Kanon ("Circle Canon")  | piano  | 1856  |
A. 3/2 | Canon in F minor  | piano  | 1864  |
A. 3/5 | Canon in D minor, on the theme of Robert Schumann's Waltz from Papillons (Op. 2 No. 7)  | piano  |  |
A. 1a/2 | Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide, Act II: Gavotte in A major (arr. by JB)  | piano  | 1871  | published 1872
Op. 76 | 8 Pieces for Piano

1. Capriccio in F♯ minor
2. Capriccio in B minor
3. Intermezzo in A♭ major
4. Intermezzo in B♭ major
5. Capriccio in C♯ minor
6. Intermezzo in A major
7. Intermezzo in A minor
8. Capriccio in C major

| piano  | 1878  |
Op. 79 | 2 Rhapsodies

1. Rhapsody in B minor
2. Rhapsody in G minor

| piano  | 1879  |
Op. 116 | 7 Fantasies

1. Capriccio in D minor
2. Intermezzo in A minor
3. Capriccio in G minor
4. Intermezzo in E major
5. Intermezzo in E minor
6. Intermezzo in E major
7. Capriccio in D minor

| piano  | 1892  |
Op. 117 | 3 Intermezzi

1. Intermezzo in E♭ major
2. Intermezzo in B♭ minor
3. Intermezzo in C♯ minor

| piano  | 1892  |
Op. 118 | 6 Pieces for Piano

1. Intermezzo in A minor
2. Intermezzo in A major
3. Ballade in G minor
4. Intermezzo in F minor
5. Romance in F major
6. Intermezzo in E♭ minor

| piano  | 1893  |
Op. 119 | 4 Pieces for Piano

1. Intermezzo in B minor (Adagio)
2. Intermezzo in E minor (Andantino un poco agitato)
3. Intermezzo in C major (Grazioso e giocoso)
4. Rhapsody in E♭ major (Allegro risoluto)

| piano  | 1893  |

#### Studies

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A. 1a/1
Book 1 | Studien (2 "Studies")

Book 1:

1. Etude after Frédéric Chopin (Etude in F minor, Op. 25: No. 2)
2. Rondo after Carl Maria von Weber (Piano Sonata No. 1 in C major, Op. 24: Finale)

| piano  | 1852 & 62

1\. 1852
2\. 1862

| published 1869
A. 1a/1
Book 2 | Studien (3 "Studies")

Book 2:

3. Presto after J.S. Bach (Violin Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001: Finale) (1st Version)
4. Presto after J.S. Bach (Violin Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001: Finale) (2nd Version)
5. Chaconne by J.S. Bach (Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004: Chaconne) (arr. for left hand alone)

| piano  | 1877  | published 1878
A. 4/2 | Study for the Left Hand, arr. of Franz Schubert's Impromptu in E♭ (Op. 90 No. 2, D. 899 No. 2)  | piano  |  | despite the title, this is for two-hands: the "exercise" is for the dexterity of the left hand and basically consists of Schubert's treble (RH) and bass (LH) staves swapped;

authorship doubtful, possibly spurious, attributed to Brahms;

published 1927

W. 6 | 51 Übungen ("51 Exercises")  | piano  | 1850–93  | published 1893

#### Cadenzas

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W. 11 | Cadenza for J.S. Bach's Concerto No. 1 in D minor (BWV 1052)  | harpsichord or piano  | 1855–61  | published 1927
A. 4/7 | Cadenza for Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor (Opus 37): 1st mvt  | piano  |  | spurious, misattributed to Brahms, actually composed by Ignaz Moscheles;

published 1927

W. 12 | 2 Cadenzas for Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major (Opus 58)

* Cadenza for 1st mvt
* Cadenza for 3rd mvt

| piano  | 1855–61  | published 1927
W. 13 | 2 Cadenzas for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major (K. 453)

* Cadenza for 1st mvt
* Cadenza for 2nd mvt

| piano  | 1855–61  | published 1927
A. 4/4 | Cadenza for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor (K. 466): 1st mvt  | piano  |  | authorship doubtful
W. 14 | Cadenza for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor (K. 466)  | piano  | 1855–61  | published 1927
W. 15 | Cadenza for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor (K. 491)  | piano  | 1855–61  | published 1927

#### Other piano works

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A. deest | Française, on favourite opera themes

1. La Visite
2. La Gracieuse
3. La Pastourelle
4. La Giraffe
5. La Prisonnière

| piano  | 1836  | spurious, published 1836 as by the pseudonymous composer "G. W. Marks", misattributed to Brahms (he was 3 years old at the time this was written and published)
A. 3/10 | Rákóczy March  | piano  | 1853  | incomplete, fragment
A. deest | Albumblatt ("Album Leaf") in A minor (Allegro con espressioni)  | piano  | 1853  | discovered April 2011,[1] premiered by Craig Sheppard April 2011,[2] published January 2012;[3]

theme used in Trio section of 2nd mvt Scherzo of Horn Trio Op. 40

A. 2a/14 | Suite in A minor  | piano  | 1855  | unfinished: Prelude and Aria only;

formerly lost

A. 3/4 | Piano Piece in B♭ major  | piano  | 1859–62  |

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#### Piano four-hands

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A. 4/6 | Souvenir de la Russie

1. Hymne nationale russe de Lvoff (arr. of the Russian national anthem "God Save the Tsar" by Aleksey Lvov)
2. Chansonette de Titoff (arr. of the song "The Branch" by Nikolai Titov)
3. Romance de Warlamoff (arr. of the song "Don't You Wake Her at Dawn" by Aleksandr Varlamov)
4. Le Rossignol de A. Alabieff (arr. of the song "The Nightingale" by Aleksandr Alyabyev)
5. Chant bohémien (arr. of the Bohemian folksong "There's a Big Village on the Road")
6. Chant bohémien: "Kosa" (arr. of the Bohemian folksong "The Plait")

| piano 4-hands  | 1852  | published as Transcriptions en forme de fantaisies sur des airs russes et bohémiens as "Op. 151" of the pseudonymous composer "G. W. Marks", probably misattributed to Brahms;

published 1852

A. 1a/3 | Joseph Joachim: Hamlet Overture (Op. 4) (arr. by JB)  | piano 4-hands  | 1853–54  |
A. 1a/8 | Robert Schumann: Piano Quartet (Op. 47) (arr. by JB)  | piano 4-hands  | 1855  | published 1864
A. 2b/5 | Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet (Op. 44) (arr. by JB)  | piano 4-hands  | 1857  | lost?; a piano duet arrangement of this Quintet exists and has been published (mis?)attributed to Clara Schumann, which is likely this one by Brahms; Brahms is known to have given his manuscript to Clara in 1857, who edited it and made some small revisions; it isn't likely that she would then make a whole completely new version of her own from scratch
Op. 23 | Variations on a Theme by Schumann ("Schumann Variations")  | piano 4-hands  | 1861  |
Op. 39 | 16 Waltzes

1. Waltz in B major
2. Waltz in E major
3. Waltz in G♯ minor
4. Waltz in E minor
5. Waltz in E major
6. Waltz in C♯ major
7. Waltz in C♯ minor
8. Waltz in B♭ major
9. Waltz in D minor
10. Waltz in G major
11. Waltz in B minor
12. Waltz in E major
13. Waltz in C major
14. Waltz in A minor
15. Waltz in A major
16. Waltz in D minor

| piano 4-hands  | 1865  | arr. for piano solo 1865 (keys for Nos. 13–16 transposed half-step down);

simplified arr. for piano solo 1865 (key for No. 6 transposed half-step down);

arr. for 2-pianos (unfinished, only Nos. 1, 2, 11, 14, 15 completed) (keys for Nos. 14 & 15 transposed half-step down)

W. 1
Book 1–2 | Ungarische Tänze (10 "Hungarian Dances")

Book 1:

1. Hungarian Dance in G minor
2. Hungarian Dance in D minor
3. Hungarian Dance in F major
4. Hungarian Dance in F minor
5. Hungarian Dance in F♯ minor

Book 2:

6. Hungarian Dance in D♭ major
7. Hungarian Dance in A major
8. Hungarian Dance in A minor
9. Hungarian Dance in E minor
10. Hungarian Dance in E major

| piano 4-hands  | 1858–68  | published 1869;

arr. for piano solo in 1872;

Nos. 1, 3, 10 arr. for orchestra in 1873

A. 1a/6 | Franz Schubert: 20 Ländler

1–16. 17 Ländler for piano solo (D. 366): Nos. 1–16 (arr. by JB)
17–20. 4 Ländler for piano 4-hands (D. 814) (arr. by JB)
| 1–16. piano 4-hands
17–20. piano  | 1869  | D. 366 No. 17 for piano solo is the same Ländler as D. 814 No. 1 for piano duet; #17 in Brahms' set is a piano solo arr. of D. 814 No. 1, though markedly different from Schubert's piano solo version D. 366 No. 17;

published 1869

A. deest | Christoph Willibald Gluck: Paride ed Elena: Gavotte in A major (arr. by JB)  | piano 4-hands  |  | [4] published 1901
Op. 52a | Liebeslieder-Walzer ("Love Song Waltzes")  | piano 4-hands  | 1874  | arr. of Op. 52
Op. 65a | Neue Liebeslieder ("New Love Songs")  | piano 4-hands  | 1875  | arr. of Op. 65
W. 1
Book 3–4 | Ungarische Tänze (11 "Hungarian Dances")

Book 3:

11. Hungarian Dance in D minor
12. Hungarian Dance in D minor
13. Hungarian Dance in D major
14. Hungarian Dance in D minor
15. Hungarian Dance in B♭ major
16. Hungarian Dance in F minor

Book 4:

17. Hungarian Dance in F♯ minor
18. Hungarian Dance in D major
19. Hungarian Dance in B minor
20. Hungarian Dance in E minor
21. Hungarian Dance in E minor

| piano 4-hands  | 1879  | published 1880

#### Two pianos

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A. 1a/5 | Joseph Joachim: Heinrich IV Overture (Op. 7) (arr. by JB)  | 2-pianos  | 1855  | published 1902
A. 1a/4 | Joseph Joachim: Demetrius Overture (Op. 6) (arr. by JB)  | 2-pianos  | 1856  |
Op. 34b | Sonata for Two Pianos in F minor  | 2-pianos  | 1863  | original version as String Quintet for 2 violins, viola, 2 cellos written 1862 (destroyed later), 3rd version as Piano Quintet Op. 34 written 1864
Op. 56b | Variations on a Theme by Haydn ("Saint Anthony Variations")  | 2-pianos  | 1873  | orchestrated as Op. 56a

### Organ

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A. 3/9 | Henry Charles Litolff: Le Dernier Jour de la Terreur, symphonic drama (Op. 55) (arr. by JB)  | harmonium or piano  | 1852  | fragment; Litolff's composition was later retitled and styled "Maximilien Robespierre, tragic overture"
W. 8 | Fugue in A♭ minor  | organ  | 1856  | published 1864
W. 9 | Prelude and Fugue in A minor  | organ  | 1856  | published 1927
W. 10 | Prelude and Fugue in G minor  | organ  | 1857  | published 1927
W. 7 | Chorale Prelude and Fugue on O Traurigkeit, o Herzeleid | organ  | Prelude: 1858
Fugue: 1873  | published 1882
Op. 122 | 11 Chorale Preludes

1. Mein Jesu, der du mich
2. Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen
3. O Welt, ich muss dich lassen ("Oh World, I Must Leave You") (1)
4. Herzlich tut mich erfreuen
5. Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele
6. O wie selig seid ihr doch, ihr Frommen
7. O Gott, du frommer Gott
8. Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
9. Herzlich tut mich verlangen ("Heartily Do I Request") (1)
10. Herzlich tut mich verlangen (2)
11. O Welt, ich muss dich lassen (2)

| organ  | 1896  |

## Vocal works

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### One voice

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#### Art songs

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Op. 3 | 6 Songs

1. Liebestreu ("Love's Devotion")
2. Liebe und Frühling ("Love and Spring") (1)
3. Liebe und Frühling ("Love and Spring") (2)
4. Lied ("Song")
5. In der Fremde ("Away from Home")
6. Lied ("Song")

| voice, piano  | 1853  |
Op. 6 | 6 Songs

1. Spanisches Lied ("Spanish Song")
2. Der Frühling ("The Spring")
3. Nachwirkung ("Aftermath")
4. Juchhe! ("Whoop!")
5. Wie die Wolke nach der Sonne ("Like the Cloud to the Sun")
6. Nachtigallen schwingen lustig ("Nightingales Swing Happily")

| voice, piano  | 1852–53  |
Op. 7 | 6 Songs

1. Treue Liebe ("True Love")
2. Parole ("Word")
3. Anklänge ("Echoes")
4. Volkslied ("Folk Song")
5. Die Trauernde ("The Mourner")
6. Heimkehr ("Homecoming")

| voice, piano  | 1851–53

1–2,4–5: 1852
3: 1853
6: 1851

W. 21 | Mondnacht, song  | voice, piano  | 1853  | published 1854
A. 3/11 | Franz Schubert: Nachtstück (Op. 36 No. 2, D. 672) (arr. by JB)  | voice, piano or harp, orchestra  |  | fragment
A. 3/13 | Die Müllerin ("The Miller")  | voice, piano  | 1853  | incomplete
W. 27 | Spruch, canon  | voice, viola  | 1854–55  | published 1927
Op. 14 | 8 Songs and Romances

1. Vor dem Fenster ("At the Window")
2. Vom verwundeten Knaben ("About the Wounded Boy")
3. Murrays Ermordung ("Murray's Murder")
4. Ein Sonnett ("A Sonnet")
5. Trennung ("Separation")
6. Gang zur Liebsten ("Visit to My Beloved")
7. Ständchen ("Serenade")
8. Sehnsucht ("Longing")

| voice, piano  | 1858  | No. 8 arr. for female chorus 1859–62 published 1968
Op. 19 | 5 Poems

1. Der Kuss ("The Kiss")
2. Scheiden und meiden ("Separations and Avoidances")
3. In der Ferne ("At the Distance")
4. Der Schmied ("The Blacksmith")
5. An eine Aeolsharfe ("To an Aeolian Harp")

| voice, piano  | 1858–59  |
Op. 33
Book 1–2 | Romanzen aus L. Tieck's Magelone (Romanzen aus Magelone), song cycle,
(Magelone-Lieder or Die Schöne Magelone) (6 "Magelone Romances" or "Magelone Songs")

Book 1:

1. Keinen hat es noch gereut ("No One Has Yet Regretted")
2. Traun! Bogen und Pfeil sind gut für den Feind ("Ho! Bows and Arrows Are Meet for the Foe")
3. Sind es Schmerzen, sind es Freuden ("Are They Sorrows, Are They Pleasures?")

Book 2:

4. Liebe kam aus fernen Landen ("Love Came from Distant Lands")
5. So willst du des Armen? ("Will You Graciously Pity?")
6. Wie soll ich die Freude, die Wonne denn tragen? ("How Am I Then to Bear the Joy, the Rapture?")

| voice, piano  | 1861–62

1–4: 1861
5–6: 1862

| published 1865
A. 1a/12 | Franz Schubert: An Schwager Kronos, song (Op. 19 No. 1, D. 369) (arr. by JB)  | bass, orchestra  | 1862  |
A. 1a/13 | Franz Schubert: Memnon, song (Op. 6 No. 1, D. 541) (arr. by JB)  | voice, orchestra  | 1862  |
A. 1a/15 | Franz Schubert: Geheimes, song (Op. 14 No. 2, D. 719) (arr. by JB)  | voice, horn, strings  | 1862  |
A. 1a/16 | Franz Schubert: Greisengesang, song (Op. 60 No. 1, D. 778) (arr. by JB)  | bass, orchestra  | 1862  |
A. 1a/18 | Franz Schubert: Ellens Gesang II (Op. 52 No. 2, D. 838) (arr. by JB)  | soprano, 4 horns, 2 bassoons  | 1862  | 1st version
Op. 32 | 9 Songs

1. Wie rafft ich mich auf in der Nacht ("How I Sprang Up in the Night")
2. Nicht mehr zu dir zu gehen ("Nowhere for You to Go")
3. Ich schleich umher ("I Creep About")
4. Der Strom, der neben mir verrauschte ("The Current, Which Rustled Next to Me")
5. Wehe, so willst du mich wieder ("Woe, So You Want Me Again")
6. Du sprichst, dass ich mich täuschte ("You Say, That I Deceived Myself")
7. Bitteres zu sagen denkst du ("You Meant to Say Bitterness")
8. So stehn wir, ich und meine Weide ("So We Stand, I and My Pasture")
9. Wie bist du, meine Königin ("How Are You, My Queen")

| voice, piano  | 1864  |
Op. 43 | 4 Songs

1. Von ewiger Liebe ("For Eternal Love")
2. Die Mainacht ("The May Night")
3. Ich schwing mein Horn ins Jammerthal ("I Sound My Horn in the Valley of Sorrow")
4. Das Lied vom Herrn von Falkenstein ("The Song of the Mister from Falconstone")

| voice, piano  | 1860–66  |
Op. 46 | 4 Songs

1. Die Kränze ("The Wreaths")
2. Magyarisch ("Hungarian")
3. Die Schale der Vergessenheit ("The Shell of Oblivion")
4. An die Nachtigall ("To the Nightingale")

| voice, piano  | 1864–68  |
Op. 47 | 5 Songs

1. Botschaft ("Message")
2. Liebesglut ("The Fervor of Love")
3. Sonntag ("Sunday")
4. O liebliche Wangen ("O Beloved Cheeks")
5. Die liebende Schreibt ("The Enamoured Writes")

| voice, piano  | 1858–68

1, 2, 4: 1868
3: 1859-60
5: 1858

| No. 3 arr. for 3-part female chorus 1859–62 published 1968
Op. 48 | 7 Songs

1. Der Gang zum Liebchen ("The Visit to the Beloved")
2. Der Überläufer ("The Renegade")
3. Liebesklage des Mädchen ("The Love Laments of the Maiden")
4. Gold überwiegt die Liebe ("Gold Prevails Over Love")
5. Trost in Tränen ("Comfort in Tears")
6. Vergangen ist mir Glück und Heil ("Past Is My Luck and Well-being")
7. Herbstgefühl ("Autumn Mood")

| voice, piano  | 1853–68

1: 1859–62
2: 1853
3 & 6: 1859–60
4: 1868
5: 1858
7: 1867

| No. 1 arr. for female chorus 1859–62 published 1968
Op. 49 | 5 Songs

1. Am Sonntag Morgen ("On Sunday Morning")
2. An ein Veilchen ("To a Violet")
3. Sehnsucht ("Longing")
4. Wiegenlied ("Cradle Song") (Brahms' Lullaby)
5. Abenddämmerung ("Twilight")

| voice, piano  | 1867–68

1–5: 1868, 6: 1867

A. deest | Albumblatt für Clara Schumann ("Hoch auf'm Berg, tief im Tal, grüß' ich dich vieltausendmal!") ("High on the mountain, deep in the valley, I greet you many thousands of times!") in C major (Adagio)  | voice  | 1868  | [5] consists of 10 bars of a single line melody with no chords, and the text; ms dated Sep. 12, 1868, given to Clara S. on her birthday;

melody used in 4th mvt of Symphony No. 1 Op. 68

Op. 33
Book 3–5 | Romanzen aus L. Tieck's Magelone (Romanzen aus Magelone), song cycle,
(Magelone-Lieder or Die Schöne Magelone) (9 "Magelone Romances" or "Magelone Songs")

Book 3:

7. War es dir, dem diese Lippen bebten ("Was It You, for Whom These Lips Trembled?")
8. Wir müssen uns trennen ("We Must Part (Beloved Lute)")
9. Ruhe, Süßliebchen ("Rest, Sweet Love")

Book 4:

10. Verzweiflung (So tönet denn, schäumende Wellen) ("Despair (So Resound Then, Foaming Waves)")
11. Wie schnell verschwindet so Licht als Glanz ("How Quickly Vanish Light and Radiance")
12. Muß es eine Trennung geben ("Must There Be a Parting?")

Book 5:

13. Sulima (Geliebter, wo zaudert dein irrender Fuß?) ("Sulima (Beloved, Where Do Your Wandering Feet Now Stray?)")
14. Wie froh und frisch ("How Glad and Strong")
15. Treue Liebe dauert lange ("True Love Lasts Long")

| voice, piano  | 1862–69

7: 1864
8: 1865
9: 1868
10: 1866
11,14–15: 1869
12–13: 1862

| published 1869
Op. 57 | 8 Songs

1. Von waldbekränzter Höhe ("From Part-Forest Altitudes")
2. Wenn du nur zuweilen Lächelst ("When You Sometimes Just Smile")
3. Es träumte mir, ich sei dir teuer ("This I Dreamt, I Was Dear to You")
4. Ach, wende diesen Blick ("Ah, Turn That Gaze")
5. In meiner Nächte Sehnen ("In My Nights I Yearn")
6. Strahlt zuweilen auch ein mildes Licht ("Sometimes Too Radiates a Mild Light")
7. Die Schnur, die Perl an Perle ("The String, Pearl by Pearl")
8. Unbewegte laue Luft ("Motionless Light Air")

| voice, piano  | 1871  |
Op. 58 | 8 Songs

1. Blinde Kuh
2. Während des Regens
3. Die Spröde
4. O komme, holde Sommernacht
5. Schwermut
6. In der Gasse
7. Vorüber
8. Serenade

| voice, piano  | 1871  |
W. 23 | Regenlied, song  | voice, piano  | 1872  | published 1908
Op. 59 | 8 Songs

1. Dämmerung senkte sich von oben
2. Auf dem See
3. Regenlied ("Rain song")
4. Nachklang ("Echo")
5. Agnes
6. Eine gute, gute Nacht
7. Mein wundes Herz
8. Dein blaues Auge

| voice, piano  | 1873  | the common theme of Nos. 3 & 4 (depicting the rain and its echo) was used as the main recurring theme of all 3 mvts of the Violin Sonata No. 1 Op. 78, known as the "Rain Sonata"
W. 22 | Ophelia-Lieder ("Ophelia's Songs")

1. Wie erkenn' ich dein Treublieb?
2. Sein Leichenhemd weiss wie Schnee
3. Auf morgen ist Sankt Valentins Tag
4. Sie trugen ihn auf der Bahre bloss
5. Und kommt er nicht mehr zurück?

| soprano, piano ad lib  | 1873  |
Op. 63 | 9 Songs

1. Frühlingstrost
2. Erinnerung
3. An ein Bild
4. An die Tauben
5. Junge Lieder I: Meine liebe ist grün wie der Fliederbusch
6. Junge Lieder II: Wenn um den Holunder der Abendwind kost
7. Heimweh (1)
8. Heimweh (2)
9. Heimweh (3)

| voice, piano  | 1874  |
Op. 69 | 9 Songs

1. Klage (1)
2. Klage (2)
3. Abschied
4. Des liebsten Schwur
5. Tambourliedchen
6. Vom Strande
7. Über die See
8. Salome
9. Mädchenfluch

| voice, piano  | 1877  |
Op. 70 | 4 Songs

1. Im Garten am Seegestade
2. Lerchengesang
3. Serenade
4. Abendregen

| voice, piano  | 1875–77  |
Op. 71 | 5 Songs

1. Es liebt sich so lieblich im Lenze!
2. An den Mond
3. Geheimnis
4. Willst du, dass ich geh?
5. Minnelied

| voice, piano  | 1877  |
Op. 72 | 5 Songs

1. Alte Liebe
2. Sommerfäden
3. O kühler Wald
4. Verzagen
5. Unüberwindlich

| voice, piano  | 1876–77  |
A. 1a/9 | J. S. Bach: Sie werden euch in den Bann thun, cantata (BWV 44): Chorale Ach Gott, wie manches Herzelied (arr. by JB)  | soprano and piano  | 1877  | published 1877
Op. 85 | 6 Songs

1. Sommerabend
2. Mondenschein
3. Mädchenlied
4. Ade!
5. Frühlingslied
6. In Waldeseinsamkeit

| voice, piano  | 1878–82  |
Op. 86 | 6 Songs

1. Therese
2. Feldeinsamkeit
3. Nachtwandler
4. Über die Heide
5. Versunken
6. Todessehnen

| voice, piano  | 1877–82  |
A. 3/8 | So bello non, Neapolitan canzonetta  | voice, piano  | 1882  |
Op. 91 | 2 Songs for an Alto Voice with Viola and Piano

1. Gestillte Sehnsucht ("Longing at Rest")
2. Geistliches Wiegenlied ("Sacred Lullaby")

| alto, viola, piano  | 1863 & 84

1: 1884
2: 1863

| No. 2 revised in 1884
Op. 94 | 5 Songs

1. Mit vierzig Jahren
2. Steig auf, geliebter Schatten
3. Mein Herz ist schwer
4. Sapphische Ode
5. Kein Haus, keine Heimat

| voice, piano  | 1884  |
Op. 95 | 7 Songs

1. Das Mädchen
2. Bei dir sind meine Gedanken
3. Beim Abschied
4. Der Jäger
5. Vorschneller Schwur
6. Mädchenlied
7. Schön war, das ich dir weihte

| voice, piano  | 1884  |
Op. 96 | 4 Songs

1. Der Tod, das ist die kühle Nacht
2. Wir wandelten
3. Es schauen die Blumen
4. Meerfahrt

| voice, piano  | 1884  |
Op. 97 | 6 Songs

1. Nachtigall
2. Auf dem Schiffe
3. Entführung
4. Dort in den Weiden
5. Komm bald ("Come Soon")
6. Trennung

| voice, piano  | 1884–85  |
Op. 106 | 5 Songs

1. Ständchen
2. Auf dem See
3. Es hing der Reif
4. Meine Lieder
5. Ein Wanderer

| female voice, piano  | 1886  |
Op. 105 | Fünf Lieder ("5 Songs")

1. Wie Melodien zieht es mir leise durch den Sinn ("Like Melodies It Steals Softly Through My Mind")
2. Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer ("Ever Gentler Is My Slumber")
3. Klage ("Lament")
4. Auf dem Kirchhofe ("At the Graveyard")
5. Verrat ("Betrayal")

| male voice, piano  | 1886 & 88

1–2, 5: 1886
3–4: 1888

Op. 107 | 5 Songs

1. An die Stolze
2. Salamander
3. Das Mädchen spricht
4. Maienkätzchen
5. Mädchenlied

| voice, piano  | 1886–88  |
A. 3/7 | Doch was hör ich?, aphorismus  | voice  | 1891  |
Op. 121 | Vier ernste Gesänge (4 Serious Songs)

1. Denn es gehet dem Menschen wie dem Vieh ("Because It Is for Man Like the Cattle")
2. Ich wandte mich und sahe an alle ("I Turned and Looked at All")
3. O Tod, wie bitter bist du ("Oh Death, How Bitter You Are")
4. Wenn ich mit Menschen- und mit Engelszungen redete ("If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels")

| bass, piano  | 1896  | also arr. for high voice and piano

#### Folksongs

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W. 31 | 15 Volkskinderlieder ("15 Children's Folk Songs")

1. Dornröschen
2. Die Nachtigall
3. Die Henne
4. Sandmännchen (Die Blümelein sie schlafen) ("Sandman" ("The Flowers Are Sleeping")) (Lullaby)
5. Der Mann
6. Heidenröslein
7. Das Schlaraffenland
8. Beim Ritt auf dem Knie (2 versions)
9. Der Jäger im Walde
10. Das Mädchen und die Hasel
11. Wiegenlied
12. Weihnachten
13. Marienwürmchen
14. Dem Schutzengel
15. Sommerlied

| voice, piano  | 1857  | published 1858
W. 32 | 28 Deutsche Volkslieder ("28 German Folk Songs")

1. Die Schnürbrust
2. Der Jäger
3. Drei Vögelein
4. Auf, gebet uns das Pfingstei
5. Des Markgrafen Töchterlein
6. Der Reiter
7. Die heilige Elisabeth
8. Der englische Gruß
9. Ich stund an einem Morgen
10. Gunhilde
11. Der tote Gast
12. Tageweis von einer schönen Frauen
13. Schifferlied
14. Nachtgesang
15. Die beiden Königskinder
16. Scheiden
17. Altes Minnelied
18. Der getreue Eckard (2 versions)
19. Die Versuchung
20. Der Tochter Wunsch
21. Schnitter Tod
22. Marias Wallfahrt
23. Das Mädchen und der Tod
24. Es ritt ein Ritter
25. Liebeslied
26. Guten Abend
27. Die Wollust in den Maien
28. Es reit ein Herr und auch sein Knecht

| voice, piano  | 1858  | published 1926

### Duets

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Op. 20 | 3 Duets

1. Weg der Liebe ("Way of Love") (1)
2. Weg der Liebe ("Way of Love") (2)
3. Die Meere ("The Seas")

| soprano, alto, piano  | 1858–60  |
Op. 28 | 4 Duets

1. Die Nonne und der Ritter ("The Nun and the Knight")
2. Vor der Tür ("Behind the Door")
3. Es rauschet das Wasser ("The Water Rustles")
4. Der Jäger und sein Liebchen ("The Hunter and his Beloved")

| alto, baritone, piano  | 1860–62  |
A. 1a/10 | Georg Friedrich Händel: 7 Duets and 2 Trios (arr. by JB)  | 2 sopranos, alto, bass, piano  | 1870  | published 1870
Op. 61 | 4 Duets

1. Die Schwestern
2. Klosterfräulein
3. Phänomen
4. Die Boten der Liebe

| soprano, alto, piano  | 1852–74  |
Op. 66 | 5 Duets

1. Klänge (1)
2. Klänge (2)
3. Am Strande
4. Jägerlied
5. Hüt du dich!

| soprano, alto, piano  | 1873–75  |
Op. 75 | 4 Ballades and Romances

1. Edward (alto and tenor)
2. Guter Rat (soprano and alto)
3. So lass uns wandern! (soprano and tenor)
4. Walpurgisnacht (2 sopranos)

| 2 voices, piano  | 1877–78  |
A. 1a/11 | Georg Friedrich Händel: 6 Duets (arr. by JB)  | 2 sopranos, alto, piano  | 1880  | published 1880
Op. 84 | 5 Romances and Songs

1. Sommerabend
2. Der Kranz
3. In den Beeren
4. Vergebliches Ständchen
5. Spannung

| 1 or 2 voices, piano  | 1881–82  |

### Quartets

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Op. 31 | 3 Quartets

1. Wechsellied zum Tanze ("Substitution Song at the Dance")
2. Neckereien ("Banter")
3. Der Gang zum Liebchen ("The Visit to my Beloved")

| mixed voices, piano  | 1859 & 63

1: 1859
2: 1863
3: 1863

Op. 52 | Liebeslieder-Walzer ("Love Song Waltzes")

1. Rede, Mädchen, allzu liebes
2. Am Gesteine rauscht die Flut
3. O die Frauen (tenor & bass)
4. Wie des Abends schöne Röte (soprano & alto)
5. Die grüne Hopfenranke
6. Ein kleiner, hübsche Vogel nahm den Flug
7. Wohl schön bewandt (alto)
8. Wenn so lind dein Augen mir
9. Am Donaustrande, da steht ein Haus
10. O wie sanft die Quelle
11. Nein, est ist nicht auszukommen
12. Schlosser auf, und mache Schlösser
13. Vöglein durchrauscht die Luft (soprano & alto)
14. Sieh, wie ist die Welle klar (tenor & bass)
15. Nachtigall, sie singt so schön
16. Ein dunkeler Schacht ist Liebe
17. Nicht wandle, mein Licht dort außen (tenor)
18. Es bebet das Gesträuche

| vocal quartet, piano 4-hands  | 1869  | eight of them along with a new one later included in Op. 65 arr. for vocal quartet and small orchestra in 1869–70 (Nos. 1, 2, 4, 6, 5, 9 (Op. 65), 11, 8, 9) (the rest arr. later by Richard Sargeant) published 1938;

arr. for piano 4-hands (without voices) in 1874 as Op. 52a;

arr. for voices and piano solo in 1875

Op. 64 | 3 Quartets

1. An die Heimat
2. Der Abend
3. Fragen

| mixed voices  | 1874  |
Op. 65 | Neue Liebeslieder ("New Love Songs")

1. Verzicht, o Herz, auf Rettung
2. Finstere Schatten der Nacht
3. An jeder Hand die Finger (soprano)
4. Ihr schwarzen Augen (bass)
5. Wahre, wahre deinen Sohn (alto)
6. Rosen steckt mit an die Mutter (soprano)
7. Vom Gebirge, Well' auf Well'
8. Weiche Gräser im Revier
9. Nagen am Herzen (soprano)
10. Ich kose süß mit der und der (tenor)
11. Alles, alles in den Wind (soprano)
12. Schwarzer Wald, dein Schatten ist so düster
13. Nein, Geliebter, setze dich (soprano and alto)
14. Flammenauge, dunkles Haar
15. Zum Schluß: Nun ihr Musen, genug!

| vocal quartet, piano 4-hands  | 1869–74  | No. 9 arr. for soprano and small orchestra in 1869–70 (included with orchestrations of Op. 52) (the rest arr. later by Richard Sargeant);

arr. for piano 4-hands (without voices) in 1875 as Op. 65a;

No. 4 arr. for solo voice and piano solo (lost)

Op. 92 | 4 Quartets

1. O schöne Nacht!
2. Spätherbst
3. Abendlied
4. Warum?

| mixed voices  | 1884  |
Op. 103 | Zigeunerlieder ("Gypsy Songs"), song cycle

1. He, Zigeuner, greife in die Saiten ein!
2. Hochgetürmte Rimaflut, wie bist du trüb
3. Wißt ihr, wann mein Kindchen am allerschönsten ist?
4. Lieber Gott, du weißt, wie oft bereut ich hab
5. Brauner Bursche führt zum Tanze
6. Röslein dreie in der Reihe blühn so rot
7. Kommt dir manchmal in den Sinn
8. Horch, der Wind klagt in den Zweigen traurig sacht
9. Weit und breit schaut niemand mich an
10. Mond verhüllt sein Angesicht
11. Rote Abendwolken ziehn am Firmament

| vocal quartet, piano  | 1887–88  | Nos. 1–7 and 11 arr. for solo voice and piano 1888
Op. 112 | 6 Quartets

1. Sehnsucht
2. Nächtens

3–6. Vier Zigeunerlieder

1. Himmel strahlt so helle
2. Rote Rosenknospen künden
3. Brennessel steht an Weges Rand
4. Liebe Schwalbe, kleine Schwalbe

| mixed voices, piano  | 1888 & 91

1–2: 1888
3–6: 1891

### Choral works

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#### Liturgical works

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W. 17 | Kyrie  | 4-part mixed chorus, basso continuo  | 1856  |
W. 18 | Missa canonica

1. Kyrie
2. Sanctus
3. Benedictus
4. Agnus Dei

| 6-part mixed chorus, organ or basso continuo  | 1856–61  | incomplete: missing Gloria and Credo; published 1984
A. 1a/19 | Franz Schubert: Große Messe (Mass No. 6), D. 950 (orchestral part transcribed by JB)  | SATB chorus, piano  | 1865
Op. 45 | Ein deutsches Requiem ("A German Requiem")  | soprano, baritone, mixed chorus, orchestra, organ ad lib  | 1865–68  | original version with 6 mvts and baritone solos in 3rd & 5th mvts (no soprano solos) written 1865–66, new version with additional mvt with soprano solo in between mvts 4 & 5 (now mvt 5) written 1868;

2nd mvt taken from an abandoned piece written in 1854;

original version arr. for piano solo 1866;

new version arr. for piano 4-hands 1868;

new version arr. for soprano, baritone, mixed chorus, piano 4-hands 1871 (known as the "London Version")

#### Motets

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Op. 30 | Geistliches Lied ("Spiritual Song")  | mixed chorus, organ  | 1856  |
Op. 12 | Ave Maria | female chorus, wind/string orchestra  | 1858–59  | reduction of orchestra part for organ 1859
Op. 27 | Psalm 13  | female chorus, organ/piano  | 1859  | 1st version 1859, 2nd version for female chorus, organ/piano, strings ad lib published 1927
Op. 29 | 2 Motets

1. Es ist das Heil uns kommen her ("It Is the Salvation that Has Come to Us")
2. Schaffe in mir, Gott, ein rein Herz ("Create in Me, God, a Pure Heart")

| mixed chorus  | 1860  |
Op. 37 | 3 Sacred Choruses

1. O bone Jesu ("O Good Jesus")
2. Adoramus ("We Adore")
3. Regina Coeli ("Queen of Heaven")

| female chorus  | 1859–63  |
Op. 74 | 2 Motets

1. Warum ist das Licht gegeben dem Mühseligen? ("Why has light been given to the weary of soul?")
2. O Heiland, reiß die Himmel auf ("O Saviour, tear open the heavens")

| mixed chorus  | 1863 & 77

1: 1877
2: 1863

Op. 109 | Fest- und Gedenksprüche ("Festive and Commemorative Sayings"), motet cycle

1. Unsere Väter hofften auf dich ("Our Fathers Trusted In You")
2. Wenn ein starker Gewappneter ("If a Heavily Armed Man")
3. Wo ist ein so herrlich Volk ("Where Is There Such a Great People")

| mixed double chorus  | 1889  |
Op. 110 | 3 Motets

1. Ich aber bin elend, und mir ist wehe
2. Ach, arme Welt, du trügst mich
3. Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein

| mixed double chorus  | 1889  |

#### Cantatas

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Op. 50 | Rinaldo, cantata  | tenor, 4-part male chorus, orchestra  | 1863 & 68  |
W. 16 | Kleine Hochzeits-Kantate | 4-part mixed chorus, piano  | 1874  | published 1927

#### Canons

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A. 4/3 | Is denn mei Vater ein Leiersmann, canon  | 3 voices  |  | authorship doubtful
W. 28 | Töne, lindernder Klang, canon  | 4-part female chorus  | 1861  | arr. for mixed chorus 1871;

mixed chorus arr. published 1872

W. 24 | Grausam erweiset sich Amor, canon  | 4-part female chorus  | 1863  | published 1927
W. 26 | O wie sanft!, canon  | 4-part female chorus  | 1870  | published 1908
W. 30 | Zu Rauch muss werden, canon in E♭ major  | 4-part mixed chorus  | 1870  | 2nd version in D major 1870;

1st version published 1927

W. 25 | Mir lächelt kein Frühling, canon  | 4-part female chorus  | 1877  | published 1881
W. 29 | Wann?, canon  | soprano, alto  | 1881  | published 1885
Op. 113 | 13 Canons

1. Göttlicher Morpheus
2. Grausam erweiset sich Amor am mir
3. Sitzt a schöns Vögerl aufm Dannabaum
4. Schlaf, Kindlein, schlaf!
5. Wille, wille, will
6. So lange Schönheit wird bestehn
7. Wenn die Klänge nahn und fliehen
8. Ein Gems auf dem Stein
9. Ans Auge des Liebsten
10. Leise Töne der Brust
11. Ich weiss nicht was im Hain die Taube girret
12. Wenn Kummer hätte zu töten Macht
13. Einförmig ist der Liebe Gram

| female chorus  | 1891  |

#### Folksongs

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W. 36 | 8 Deutsche Volkslieder ("8 German Folk Songs")

1. Totenklage
2. Minnelied
3. Der tote Knabe
4. Ich hab die Nacht geträumet
5. Altdeutches Minnelied
6. Es waren zwei Königskinder
7. Spannung
8. Drei Vögelein

| female chorus, piano ad lib  | 1859–62  |
W. 37 | 16 Deutsche Volkslieder ("16 German folk songs")

1. Schwesterlein, wann gehn wir
2. Ich hörte ein Sichlein rauschen
3. Der Ritter und die Feine
4. Ich stand auf hohem Berge
5. Gunhilde
6. Der buckligte Fiedler
7. Die Versuchung
8. Altes Minnelied
9. Die Wollust in den Maien
10. Treninung
11. Der Jäger
12. Scheiden
13. Zu Strassburg auf der Schanz
14. Wach auf, mein Hort
15. Der Ritter
16. Ständchen

| female chorus, piano ad lib  | 1859–62  |
W. 38 | 20 Deutsche Volkslieder ("20 German folk songs")

1. Die Entführung
2. Gang zur Liebsten
3. Schifferlied
4. Erlaube mir, feins Mädchen
5. Schnitter Tod
6. Die Bernauerin
7. Das Lied vom eifersüchtigen Knaben
8. Der Baum im Odenwald
9. Des Markgrafen Töchterlein
10. Die stolze Jüdin
11. Der Zimmergesell
12. Liebesllied
13. Heimliche Liebe
14. Altes Liebeslied
15. Dauernde Liebe
16. Während der Trennung
17. Morgen muss ich fort von hier
18. Scheiden
19. Vor dem Fenster
20. Ständchen

| female chorus, piano ad lib  | 1859–62  |
W. 34 | 14 Deutsche Volkslieder ("14 German Folk Songs")

1. Von edler Art
2. Mit Lust tät ich ausreiten
3. Bei nächtlicher Weil
4. Vom heiligen Märtyrer Emmerano
5. Täublein weiss
6. Ach lieber Herre Jesu Christ
7. Sankt Raphael
8. In Stiller Nacht, zur ersten Wacht
9. Abschiedslied
10. Der tote Knabe
11. Die Wollust in den Maien
12. Morgengesang
13. Schnitter Tod
14. Der englische Jäger

| 4-part mixed chorus  | 1857 & 64

1–3, 8–11: 13–14: 1857
4–7, 12: 1864

| published 1864
W. 35 | 12 Deutsche Volkslieder ("12 German Folk Songs")

1. Scheiden
2. Wach auf!
3. Erlaube mir
4. Der Fiedler
5. Da unten im Tale (female chorus)
6. Des Abends
7. Wach auf!
8. Dort in den Weiden
9. Altes Volkslied
10. Der Ritter un die Feine
11. Der Zimmergesell
12. Altdeustches Kampflied

| 4-part mixed chorus, piano ad lib  | 1857–64

1–7: 1857–58
8–12: 1863–64

| published 1927
W. 33 | 49 Deutsche Volkslieder ("49 German Folk Songs")

1. Sagt mir, o schönste Schäfrin mein
2. Erlaube mir, feins Mädchen
3. Gar lieblich hat sich gesellet
4. Guten Abend, mein tausiger Schatz
5. Die Sonne scheint nicht mehr
6. Da unten im Tale
7. Gunhilde
8. Ach, englische Schäferin
9. Es war eine schöne Jüdin
10. Es ritt ein Ritter
11. Jungfräulein, soll ich mit euch gehn
12. Feinsliebchen, du sollst mir nicht barfuss gehn
13. Wach auf, mein Hort
14. Maria ging aus wandern
15. Schwesterlein, Schwesterlein, wann gehn wir
16. Wach auf, Mein Herzensschöne
17. Ach Gott, wie weh tut scheiden
18. So wünsch' ich ihr ein gute Nacht
19. Nur ein Gesicht auf Erden lebt
20. Schönster Schatz, mein Engel
21. Es ging ein Maidlein zarte
22. Wo gehst du hin, du Stolze?
23. Der Reiter
24. Mir ist ein schöns brauns Maidelein
25. Mein Mädel hat einen Rosenmund
26. Ach, könnt ich diesen Abend
27. Ich stand auf hohem Berge
28. Es reit ein Herr und auch sein Knecht
29. Es war ein Markgraf überm Rhein
30. All mein Gedanken
31. Dort in den Weiden steht ein Haus
32. Wo will ich frisch und fröhlich sein
33. Och Moder, ich well en Ding han!
34. Wie komm ich denn zur Tür herein?
35. Soll sich der Mond nicht heller scheinen
36. Es wohnet ein Fiedler zu Frankfurt am Main
37. Du mein einzig Licht
38. Des Abends kann ich nicht schlafen gehn
39. Schöner Augen, schöne Strahlen
40. Ich weiss mir'n Maidlein hübsch und fein
41. Es steht ein Lind
42. In stiller Nacht, zur ersten Wacht
43. Es stunden drei Rosen
44. Dem Himmel will ich klagen
45. Es sass ein schneeweiss Vögelein
46. Es war einmal ein Zimmergesell
47. Es ging sich unsre Fraue
48. Nachtigall, sag, was für Grüss
49. Verstohlen geht der Mond auf

| 1-42. voice, piano
43-49. voice, small chorus ad lib, piano  | 1893–94  | published 1894

#### Other choral works

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A. 3/12 | Brautgesang ("Bridal Song")  | soprano, 4-part female chorus, orchestra  |  | fragment
Op. 13 | Begräbnisgesang ("Funeral Song")  | mixed chorus, winds  | 1858–59  | arr. for mixed chorus and piano 1858–59
Op. 17 | Vier Gesänge ("4 Songs")

1. Es tönt ein voller Harfenklang ("The Full Sound of a Harp Resounds")
2. Lied von Shakespeare ("Song by Shakespeare")
3. Der Gärtner ("The Gardener")
4. Gesang aus Fingal ("Song from Fingal")

| female chorus, 2 horns, harp  | 1860  |
Op. 22 | Marienlieder ("Songs for Mary")

1. Der Englische Gruß ("The Angel's Annunciation")
2. Marias Kirchgang ("Mary's Churchgoing")
3. Marias Wallfahrt ("Mary's Pilgrimage")
4. Der Jäger ("The Hunter")
5. Ruf zur Maria ("Call to Mary")
6. Magdalena ("Magdalene")
7. Marias Lob ("Mary's Praise")

| mixed chorus  | 1859–60  | Nos. 1, 2, 4–7 arr. for female chorus 1859–62 published 1940
Op. 44 | 12 Songs and Romances

Book 1:

1. Minnelied ("Song of Love")
2. Der Bräutigam ("The Bridegroom")
3. Barcarole ("Barcarole")
4. Fragen ("Asking")
5. Die Müllerin ("The Miller")
6. Die Nonne ("The Nun")

Book 2:

7–10. Vier Lieder aus dem Jungbrunnen ("Four Songs from the Fountain of Youth")

7. Nun stehn die Rosen in Blüte
8. Die Berge sind spitz
9. Am Wildbach die Weiden
10. Und gehst du über den Kirchof

11. Die Braut ("The Bride")
12. Märznacht ("March Night")

| 4-part female chorus, piano ad lib  | 1859–60  | Nos. 1 & 9 arr. 3-part female chorus 1862 published 1968 (No. 1) & 1952 (No. 9);

Nos. 5 & 6 arr. 4-part mixed chorus 1862 unpublished

W. 19 | Dein Herzlein mild | 4-part female chorus  | 1860  |
Op. 42 | Drei Gesänge ("3 Songs")

1. Abendständchen ("Evening Serenade")
2. Vineta ("Vineta")
3. Darthulas Grabgesang ("Darthula's Grave-Song")

| 6-part mixed chorus  | 1859–61

1: 1859
2: 1860
3: 1861

| reduction for piano of vocal score 1859–61 (for rehearsal only);

No. 2 arr. for 4-part female chorus 1862 published 1938

Op. 41 | 5 Songs

1. Ich schwing mein Horn ins Jammerthal ("I Blow My Horn in the Valley of Sorrow")
2. Freiwillige Her! ("Volunteer Here!")
3. Geleit ("Escort")
4. Marschieren ("Marching")
5. Gebt Acht! ("Watch Out!")

| male voices  | 1861–62  | Nos. 1 & 2 arr. for female chorus published 1968 (No. 1) & 1938 (No. 2)
Op. 53 | Rhapsody ("Alto Rhapsody")  | contralto, male chorus, orchestra  | 1869  |
Op. 54 | Schicksalslied ("Song of Destiny")  | 4-part mixed chorus, orchestra  | 1868–71  |
Op. 55 | Triumphlied ("Song of Triumph")  | baritone, double mixed chorus, organ ad lib, orchestra  | 1870–71  | arr. for piano 4-hands 1873
A. 1a/14 | Franz Schubert: Gruppe aus dem Tartarus, song (Op. 24 No. 1, D. 583) (arr. by JB)  | male chorus, orchestra  | 1871  |
A. 1a/17 | Franz Schubert: Ellens Gesang II, song (Op. 52 No. 2, D. 838) (arr. by JB)  | soprano, 3-part female chorus, 4 horns, 2 bassoons  | 1873  | 2nd version;

published 1906

Op. 62 | Sieben Lieder ("7 Songs")

1. Rosmarin
2. Von alten Liebesliedern
3. Waldesnacht
4. Dein Herzlein mild
5. All meine Herzgedanken
6. Es geht ein Wehen
7. Vergangen ist mir Glück und Heil

| mixed chorus  | 1873–74  | No. 6 arr. for 4-part female chorus published 1938;

No. 7 arr. for soprano, mixed chorus

W. 20 | Dem dunklen Schoss der heilgen Erde | mixed chorus  | 1880  | published 1927
Op. 82 | Nänie | mixed chorus, orchestra  | 1880–81  |
Op. 89 | Gesang der Parzen ("Song of the Fates")  | 6-part mixed chorus, orchestra  | 1882  |
Op. 93a | 6 Songs and Romances

1. Der bucklichte Fiedler
2. Das Mädchen
3. O süßer Mai
4. Fahr wohl!
5. Der Falke
6. Beherzigung

| mixed chorus  | 1883  |
Op. 93b | Tafellied (Dank der Damen) | mixed chorus, piano  | 1884  |
Op. 104 | Fünf Gesänge ("5 Songs")

1. Nachtwache ("Night Watch") (1)
2. Nachtwache ("Night Watch") (2)
3. Letztes Glück ("Last Happiness")
4. Verlorne Jugend ("Lost Youth") (5-part ch)
5. Im Herbst ("In Autumn") (4-part ch)

| 6-part mixed chorus  | 1886–88

1–4: 1888
5: 1886–87

| No. 5 revised in 1888

## Miscellaneous

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A. 1b/1-36 | Various performance materials to works by other composers  |  |  | see [6] for list
A. 2a/1-29 | Various lost works  |  |  | see [6] for list
A. 2b/1-7 | Various lost arrangements by Brahms of other composers' works  |  |  | see [6] for list
A. 3/14-19 | Various sketches and sketchbooks  |  |  | see [6] for list
A. 5a/1-3 | Various collections of folk songs, notated by Brahms  |  |  | see [6] for list
A. 5a/4-21 | Various transcripts of other composers' works, notated by Brahms  |  |  | see [6] for list
A. 5b/1-3 | Various autograph text collections  |  |  | see [6] for list
A. 6/1-19 | Various works by other composers, edited by Brahms  |  |  | see [6] for list

## References

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1. ^ Doyle New York, Auctioneers and Appraisers, Auction of April 20, 2011, Lot 228.
2. ^ "Craig Sheppard plays the World Premiere of the Brahms Albumblatt in A minor, 28 April, 2011, Seattle". YouTube. 6 February 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
3. ^ "New Piano Piece by Brahms Discovered: Albumblatt in A minor – Free Piano Score | Piano Street's Classical Piano Blog". Pianostreet.com. 25 January 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
4. ^ IMSLP: Album of Transcriptions for Piano Four-hands (Oesterle, Louis): 9\. Gavotte from "Paris and Helena" - Gluck, arranged by Johannes Brahms, p. 44. New York: G. Schirmer, 1901.
5. ^ IMSLP: Albumblatt für Clara Schumann. Holograph manuscript, 1868.
6. ^ a b c d e f g h Margit L. McCorkle, Johannes Brahms: Thematisch-Bibliographisches Werkverzeichnis (Thematic Bibliographical Catalogue), München: G. Henle Verlag, 1984. 841p. ISBN 9783873280410.
A detailed summary of all works in this catalogue (Opus, WoO, and Anh numbers) is available online at Klassika.

## External links

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* Sortable list of works by Johannes Brahms.: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
* Indexes of works at Klassika, sorted by chrono/opus/type/date/title, plus summary list of McCorkle's 1984 catalogue.
* Songs listed by title at the Lied and Art Songs Text page.
* Arrangements by Brahms and others from Johannes Brahms WebSource

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Orchestral works|

* Academic Festival Overture
* Serenades
* Symphony No. 1 in C minor
* Symphony No. 2 in D major
* Symphony No. 3 in F major
* Symphony No. 4 in E minor
* Tragic Overture
* Variations on a Theme by Haydn

Concertante|

* Double Concerto
* Piano Concerto No. 1
* Piano Concerto No. 2
* Violin Concerto

Vocal works
with orchestra|

* A German Requiem
* Alto Rhapsody
* Gesang der Parzen
* Nänie
* Rinaldo
* Schicksalslied
* Triumphlied

Chamber music|

* Cello Sonata No. 1
* Cello Sonata No. 2
* Clarinet Quintet
* Clarinet Sonatas
* Clarinet Trio
* Horn Trio
* Piano Quartet No. 1
* Piano Quartet No. 2
* Piano Quartet No. 3
* Piano Quintet
* Piano Trio No. 1
* Piano Trio No. 2
* Piano Trio No. 3
* String Quartet No. 3
* String Quintet No. 1
* String Quintet No. 2
* String Sextet No. 1
* String Sextet No. 2
* Two String Quartets, Op. 51
* Violin Sonata No. 1
* Violin Sonata No. 2
* Violin Sonata No. 3

Piano works|

* Ballades, Op. 10
* Fantasies, Op. 116
* Four Pieces for Piano, Op. 119
* Hungarian Dances
* Piano Sonata No. 1
* Piano Sonata No. 2
* Piano Sonata No. 3
* Rhapsodies, Op. 79
* Six Pieces for Piano, Op. 118
* Sixteen Waltzes, Op. 39
* Three Intermezzi for piano, Op. 117
* Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel
* Variations on a Theme of Paganini

Other compositions|

* Eleven Chorale Preludes
* Fest- und Gedenksprüche
* Fünf Gesänge, Op. 104
* Fünf Lieder, Op. 105
* Geistliches Lied
* Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op. 52
* Neue Liebeslieder
* Two Motets, Op. 74
* Two Songs for Voice, Viola and Piano, Op. 91
* Vier ernste Gesänge
* "Wiegenlied (Lullaby)", Op. 49, no. 4
* Zigeunerlieder

Collaborations|

* F-A-E Sonata

Named for Brahms|

* 1818 Brahms
* Brahms (crater)
* Brahms Inlet

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* Brahms House (Baden-Baden)
* Brahms Museum (Hamburg)
* Brahms Museum, Mürzzuschlag
* Brahms guitar
* Brahms-Institut
* Brahms-Preis
* German Romanticism
* International Johannes Brahms Competition
* Musical cryptogram
* Three Bs
* Op. 120, No. 1 (Berio)

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Duos|

* Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38
* Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op. 99
* Clarinet Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 120, No. 1
* Clarinet Sonata No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 120, No. 2
* Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78
* Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 100
* Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108

Trios|

* Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op. 114
* Horn Trio in E-flat major, Op. 40
* Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8
* Piano Trio No. 2 in C major, Op. 87
* Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 101
* Piano Trio in A major, Anh. 4/5 (doubtful)

Quartets|

* Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25
* Piano Quartet No. 2 in A major, Op. 26
* Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60
* String Quartets, Op. 51 (No. 1 in C minor; No. 2 in A minor)
* String Quartet No. 3 in B-flat major, Op. 67

Quintets
& Sextets|

* Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115
* Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
* String Quintet No. 1 in F major, Op. 88
* String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 111
* String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 18
* String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36

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