Begräbnisgesang, Op.13 (Brahms, Johannes)

		Movements/Sections 1 movement Tempo di Marcia funebre (C minor) Composition Year 1858 Genre Categories Songs; Funeral music; For mixed chorus, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the oboe; Scores featuring the clarinet; Scores featuring the bassoon; Scores featuring the horn; Scores featuring the trombone; Scores featuring the tuba; Scores featuring the timpani; For chorus with solo instruments; German language

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Composer's manuscript (holograph), n.d. [ca.1860].

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First edition

Publisher Info.:

Winterthur: J. Rieter-Biedermann, n.d.[1861]. Plate 167.

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Eusebius Mandyczewski (1857-1929)

Publisher Info.:

Johannes Brahms: Sämtliche Werke, Band 19: Chorwerke mit Orchester III
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1926–27. Plate J.B. 97

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General Information

Work Title	Begräbnisgesang
Alternative Title	"Nun lasst uns den Leib begraben" (Funeral Hymn)

Composer	Brahms, Johannes
Opus/Catalogue Number	Op.13
Key	C minor
Movements/Sections	1 movement Tempo di Marcia funebre (C minor)
Year/Date of Composition	1858
First Performance	1859-12-02, Hamburg
First Publication	1860 or 1861 – Winterthur: J. Rieter-Biedermann, Plate 167
Librettist	Michael Weisse (ca.1488–1534)
Language	German
Average Duration	7 minutes
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	Mixed Chorus with Harmonie 4-part chorus (SATB) 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (B♭), 2 bassoons, 2 horns (E♭), 3 trombones, tuba, timpani
External Links	Classical Archives article All Music Guide The Lied, Art Song, and Choral Texts Archive KDH Listening Guide

Misc. Comments

• Though there are only four printed vocal lines, the bass part is in 2 parts, therefore this work is for 5 voice parts
  

Version History

• Composed for mixed chorus and small orchestra, 1858
• Also arranged for mixed chorus and piano by Brahms, 1858–59?