16 Waltzes, Op.39 (Brahms, Johannes)

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 * Work Title=Waltzes
 * Alternative Title=Walzer
 * Opus/Catalogue Number=Op.39
 * Movements Header=16 waltzes
 * Number of Movements/Sections=16 waltzes:
 * 1) Tempo giusto (B major)
 * 2) (E major)
 * 3) (G-sharp minor)
 * 4) Poco sostenuto (E minor)
 * 5) (E major)
 * 6) Vivace (C-sharp major)
 * 7) Poco più Andante (C-sharp minor)
 * 8) (B-flat major)
 * 9) (D minor)
 * 10) (G major)
 * 11) (B minor)
 * 12) (E major)
 * 13) (C major)*
 * 14) (A minor)*
 * 15) (A♭ major)*
 * 16) (D minor)*
 * Average Duration=19 minutes
 * Dedication= (1825–1904)
 * Year/Date of Composition=1865
 * Year of First Publication=1866 Winterthur & Leipzig: J. Rieter-Biedermann
 * Piano 4-hands, Plate 470, 33 pages
 * Piano solo, Plates 524-525, 18 and 16 pages (concert and simplified)
 * 2 Pianos (5 selections) 1897, Plate 2148, 16 pages
 * First Performance=1866-11-23 in Oldenburg, Großherzoglicher Hof. (piano 4-hands)
 * and (piano)

1867-3-17 in Vienna, Redoutensaal
 * Stephanie Vrabely and Seraphine Tausig (pianos)

1868-11-15 in Hamburg (piano solo)
 * (piano) – unknown number of selections.


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 * External Links=Wikipedia article
 * Extra Information=Version History
 * Composed for piano 4 hands, 1865
 * Arranged for solo piano by Brahms, 1865, with keys of Nos. 13-16 shifted down a half-step (first performance in this version: Hamburg, 15 November 1868; first published in 1867)
 * Nos.1, 2, 8, 11, 14, 15 were also arranged for 2 pianos by Brahms, 1867 (first performance in this version: Vienna, 17 March 1867; first published (except No.8) in 1897)
 * Piece Style=Romantic
 * Instrumentation=piano 4-hands
 * Tags=waltzes ; pf4h


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