Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	4 songs
Composition Year	1877–78
Genre Categories	Ballads; Romances; For 2 voices, piano; [6 more...]For voices with keyboard; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the piano; For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr)

Work Title	4 Ballads and Romances
Alternative. Title
Composer	Brahms, Johannes
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.	Op.75
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.	IJB 6
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	4 songs Edward ("Dein Schwert wie ists") Allegro (F minor) Guter Rat ("Ach Mutter, liebe Mutter!") Allegretto giocoso (E major) So lass uns wandern! ("Ach Mädchen, liebes Mädchen") Andante grazioso e molto espressivo (D major) Walpurgisnacht ("Lieb Mutter, heut Nacht") Presto (A minor)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1877–78
First Performance.	1879-12-17 — Vienna (No.1) 1879-02-23 — Leipzig (No.3) 1881-02-14 — Vienna (No.4)
First Publication.	1878 (November/December) – Berlin: N. Simrock
Librettist	see below Johann Gottfried Herder (1744-1803) Traditional (from Des Knaben Wunderhorn) Josef Wenzig (1807–1876) Georg Wilhelm Heinrich Häring (1798–1871), under pseudonym Willibald Alexis
Language	German
Dedication	Julius Allgeyer (1829-1900)
Average DurationAvg. Duration	10 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	2 voices, piano alto, tenor, piano soprano, alto, piano soprano, tenor, piano 2 sopranos, piano
External Links	Classical Archives article All Music Guide KDH Listening Guide

[hide]Vocal Works by Johannes Brahms
Quartets with Keyboard 3 Quartets, Op.31 Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op.52 3 Quartets, Op.64 Neue Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op.65 4 Quartets, Op.92 Zigeunerlieder, Op.103 6 Quartets, Op.112	Voice with Keyboard 6 Songs, Op.3 6 Songs, Op.6 6 Songs, Op.7 Lieder and Romances, Op.14 5 Poems, Op.19 9 Lieder and Songs, Op.32 15 Romanzen aus L. Tiecks Magelone, Op.33 4 Songs, Op.43 4 Lieder, Op.46 5 Lieder, Op.47 7 Lieder, Op.48 5 Lieder, Op.49 8 Lieder and Songs, Op.57	8 Lieder and Songs, Op.58 8 Lieder and Songs, Op.59 9 Lieder and Songs, Op.63 9 Songs, Op.69 4 Gesänge, Op.70 5 Songs, Op.71 5 Songs, Op.72 5 Romances and Songs, Op.84 6 Lieder, Op.85 6 Lieder, Op.86 2 Gesänge, Op.91 5 Lieder, Op.94 7 Lieder, Op.95 4 Lieder, Op.96	6 Lieder, Op.97 Zigeunerlieder, Op.103 5 Lieder, Op.105 5 Lieder, Op.106 5 Lieder, Op.107 4 Serious Songs, Op.121 Mondnacht, WoO 21 Regenlied, WoO 23 49 Deutsche Volkslieder, WoO 33 15 Volkskinderlieder, WoO 31 28 Deutsche Volkslieder, WoO 32
Duets with Keyboard 3 Duets, Op.20 4 Duets, Op.28 4 Duets, Op.61 5 Duets, Op.66 4 Ballades and Romances, Op.75
			Voice unaccompanied Albumblatt für Clara Schumann

4 Ballades and Romances, Op.75 (Brahms, Johannes)

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