List of compositions by Johannes Brahms

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The following is a list of compositions by the composer Brahms, Johannes.

Works by Opus number

• Op.1, Piano Sonata No.1 in C major (1852–53)
• Op.2, Piano Sonata No.2 in F♯ minor (1852)
• Op.3, Six Songs, for tenor or soprano (1852–53)
• Op.4, Scherzo in E♭ minor, for piano (1851)
• Op.5, Piano Sonata No.3 in F minor (1853)
• Op.6, Six Songs, for tenor or soprano (1852–53)
• Op.7, Six Songs, for tenor or soprano (1851–53)
• Op.8, Piano Trio No.1 in B major (1853–54, rev.1889)
• Op.9, Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann in F♯ minor, for piano (1854)
• Op.10, Ballades, for piano (1854)
  • No.1 in D minor
  • No.2 in D major
  • No.3 in B minor
  • No.4 in B major
• Op.11, Serenade No.1 in D major, for orchestra (1857–58)
• Op.12, Ave Maria, for female voices with orchestra (or organ/piano) (1858)
• Op.13, Begräbnisgesang, for mixed voices and wind instruments (1858)
• Op.14, Lieder and Romances, with piano accompaniment
• Op.15, Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor (1854–59)
• Op.16, Serenade No.2 in A major, for orchestra (1858–59)
• Op.17, Four Songs, for female voices, two horns and harp
• Op.18, String Sextet No.1 in B♭ major (1859–60)
• Op.18b, Theme and Variations (adapted from Op.18) (1860)
• Op.19, 5 Poems, for voice and piano (1858–59)
• Op.20, 3 Duets, for soprano, alto and piano (1858–60)
• Op.21, Variations for piano:
  • No.1. Variations on an Original Theme, in D major (1857)
  • No.2. Variations on a Hungarian Song, in D major (1856?)
• Op.22, Marienlieder, for mixed chorus (1859–60)
• Op.23, Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann in E♭ major, for piano 4 hands (1861)
• Op.24, Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel in B♭ major, for piano (1861)
• Op.25, Piano Quartet No.1 in G minor (1861)
• Op.26, Piano Quartet No.2 in A major (1861)
• Op.27, Psalm 13, for female voices, organ or piano and strings ad lib (1859)
• Op.28, 4 Duets, for alto and baritone (1860–62)
• Op.29, 2 Motets, for female voices (1856–60)
  • No.1 Es ist das Heil uns kommen her
  • No.2 Schaffe in mir Gott
• Op.30, Geistliches Lied, for SATB chorus and organ/piano (1856)
• Op.31, 3 Quartets, for SATB voices and piano
  • No.1 Wechsellied zum Tanze (1859)
  • No.2 Neckereien (1863)
  • No.3 Der Gang zum Liebchen (1863)
• Op.32, 9 Lieder and Songs, for voice with piano (1864)
• Op.33, 15 Romances from Tieck's "Liebesgeschichte der schönen Magelone" (1861–69)
• Op.34, Piano Quintet in F minor (1864)
• Op.34b, Sonata for 2 Pianos in F minor (1864)
• Op.35, Variations on a Theme by Paganini in A minor, for piano (1862–63)
• Op.36, String Sextet No.2 in G major
• Op.37, 3 Sacred Choruses for female voices
• Op.38, Cello Sonata No.1 in E minor (1862–65)
• Op.39, 16 Waltzes for piano (1865–67)

• No.1 in B major
• No.2 in E major
• No.3 in G♯ minor
• No.4 in E minor
• No.5 in E major
• No.6 in C♯ major (C major in simplified solo version)
• No.7 in C♯ minor
• No.8 in B♭ major
• No.9 in D minor
• No.10 in G major
• No.11 in B minor
• No.12 in E major
• No.13 in C major (B major in solo version)
• No.14 in A minor (G♯ minor in solo and two-piano versions)
• No.15 in A major (A♭ major in solo and two-piano versions)
• No.16 in D minor (C♯ minor in solo version)

• Op.40, Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano in E-flat major (1865)
• Op.41, 5 Lieder, for male chorus (1861–62)
• Op.42, Three secular songs for choir
• Op.43, Four Songs
• Op.44, Twelve Songs and Romances
• Op.45, Ein deutsches Requiem (1868)
• Op.46, Four Songs
• Op.47, Five Songs
• Op.48, Seven Songs
• Op.49, Five Songs -- (#4, "Wiegenlied", is also known as "Brahms' Lullaby")
• Op.50, Rinaldo, (cantata)
• Op.51, Two String Quartets
  • String Quartet No.1 in C minor (1873)
  • String Quartet No.2 in A minor (1873)
• Op.52, 18 Liebeslieder Waltzes for piano, four hands and vocal quartet ad libitum (1874)
• Op.53, Alto Rhapsody
• Op.54, Schicksalslied
• Op.55, Triumphlied
• Op.56, Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn (1873)
• Op.57, Eight Songs
• Op.58, Eight Songs
• Op.59, Eight Songs
• Op.60, Piano Quartet No.3 in C minor
• Op.61, Four Duets
• Op.62, Seven secular songs for choir
• Op.63, Nine Songs
• Op.64, Three Vocal Quartets
• Op.65, Neue Liebeslieder - 15 Waltzes
• Op.66, Five Duets
• Op.67, String Quartet No.3 in B-flat major (1876)
• Op.68, Symphony No.1 in C minor (1876 première)
• Op.69, Nine Songs
• Op.70, Four Songs
• Op.71, Five Songs
• Op.72, Five Songs
• Op.73, Symphony No.2 in D major (1877)
• Op.74, Two Motets
• Op.75, Four Ballads and Romances
• Op.76, Eight Pieces for piano (1878)
  • No.1 Capriccio in F-sharp minor
  • No.2 Capriccio in B minor
  • No.3 Intermezzo in A-flat major
  • No.4 Intermezzo in B-flat major
  • No.5 Capriccio in C-sharp major
  • No.6 Intermezzo in A major
  • No.7 Intermezzo in A minor
  • No.8 Capriccio in C major
• Op.77, Violin Concerto in D major (1878)
• Op.78, Violin Sonata No.1 in G major
• Op.79, Two Rhapsodies for piano (1879)
  • No.1 Rhapsody in B minor
  • No.2 Rhapsody in G minor
• Op.80, Academic Festival Overture for orchestra (1880)
• Op.81, Tragic Overture for orchestra (1880)
• Op.82, Nänie (1881)
• Op.83, Piano Concerto No.2 in B-flat Major (1881)
• Op.84, Five Romances and Songs
• Op.85, Six Songs
• Op.86, Six Songs
• Op.87, Piano Trio No.2 in C major
• Op.88, String Quintet No.1 in F major (1882)
• Op.89, Gesang der Parzen
• Op.90, Symphony No.3 in F major (1883)
• Op.91, Two Songs for Voice, Viola & Piano.
• Op.92, Four Vocal Quartets
• Op.93a, Six Songs and Romances for choir
• Op.93b, Tafellied for choir and piano
• Op.94, Five Songs
• Op.95, Seven Songs
• Op.96, Four Songs
• Op.97, Six Songs
• Op.98, Symphony No.4 in E minor (1885)
• Op.99, Cello Sonata No.2 in F major (1886)
• Op.100, Violin Sonata No.2 in A major (1886)
• Op.101, Piano Trio No.3 in C minor (1886)
• Op.102, Double Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor (1887)
• Op.103, Zigeunerlieder
• Op.104, Five songs for choir
• Op.105, Five Songs
• Op.106, Five Songs
• Op.107, Five Songs
• Op.108, Violin Sonata No.3 in D minor
• Op.109, Fest- und Gedenksprüche for choir
• Op.110, Three Motets
• Op.111, String Quintet No.2 in G major ("Prater") (1890)
• Op.112, Six Vocal Quartets
• Op.113, 13 Canons, for female choir
• Op.114, Trio for Piano, Clarinet, and Cello in A minor (1891)
• Op.115, Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in B minor (1891)
• Op.116, 7 Fantasien for piano (1892)
  • No.1 Capriccio in D minor
  • No.2 Intermezzo in A minor
  • No.3 Capriccio in G minor
  • No.4 Intermezzo in E major
  • No.5 Intermezzo in E minor
  • No.6 Intermezzo in E major
  • No.7 Capriccio in D minor
• Op.117, Three Intermezzi for piano (1892)
  • No.1 in E-flat major
  • No.2 in B-flat minor
  • No.3 in C-sharp minor
• Op.118, Six Pieces for Piano (1893)
  • No.1 Intermezzo in A minor
  • No.2 Intermezzo in A major
  • No.3 Ballade in G minor
  • No.4 Intermezzo in F minor
  • No.5 Romance in F major
  • No.6 Intermezzo in E-flat minor
• Op.119, Four Pieces for piano (1893)
  • No.1 Intermezzo in B minor
  • No.2 Intermezzo in E minor
  • No.3 Intermezzo in C major
  • No.4 Rhapsody in E-flat major
• Op.120, Two Clarinet (or Viola) Sonatas
  • No.1 in F minor
  • No.2 in E-flat major
• Op.121, Vier ernste Gesänge ("Four Serious Songs") (1896)
• Op.122, Eleven Chorale Preludes for organ (1896)
  • No.1 Mein Jesu, der du mich
  • No.2 Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen
  • No.3 O Welt, ich muss dich lassen
  • No.4 Herzlich tut mich erfreuen
  • No.5 Schmücke dich, o Liebe Seele
  • No.6 O wie selig seid ihr doch, ihr Frommen
  • No.7 O Gott, du frommer Gott
  • No.8 Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen
  • No.9 Herzlich tut mich verlangen
  • No.10 Herzlich tut mich verlangen (second version)
  • No.11 O Welt, ich muss dich lassen (second version)

Works without Opus number (German: Werke ohne Opuszahl)

• Française (Published under the pseudonym G.W. Marks - spurious)
• Souvenir de la Russie (ca.1850) (Published under the pseudonym G.W. Marks as Op.151 - probably spurious)
• WoO 1, Hungarian Dances (1869) (Brahms considered these adaptations, not original works, and so he did not assign an Opus #) [1]
• WoO 2, Scherzo in c minor for Violin and Piano
• WoO 3, 2 Gavottes for Piano
• WoO 4, 2 Gigues for Piano
• WoO 5, 2 Sarabandes for Piano
• WoO 6, 51 Übungen für das Pianoforte
• WoO 7, Chorale Prelude and Fugue on „O Traurigkeit, o Herzeleid“ for organ
• WoO 8, Fugue in A-flat minor for organ
• WoO 9, Prelude and Fugue in A minor for organ
• WoO 10, Prelude and Fugue in G minor for organ
• WoO 11, Cadenza for piano - Concerto of harsichord (BWV 1052) - Johann Sebastian Bach
• WoO 12, 2 Cadenzas for piano - Concerto #4 for piano (Opus 58) - Ludwig van Beethoven
• WoO 13, 2 Cadenzas for piano - Concerto for piano (KV 453) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• WoO 14, Cadenza for piano - Concerto for piano (KV 466) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• WoO 15, Cadenza for piano - Concerto for piano (KV 491) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• WoO 16, Kleine Hochzeits-Kantate
• WoO 17, Kyrie - for 4 voices
• WoO 18, Missa canonica
• WoO 19, Dein Herzlein mild
• WoO 20, Dem dunklen Schoss der heilgen Erde
• WoO 21, Mondnacht
• WoO 22, Ophelia's Songs
• WoO 23, Regenlied
• WoO 24, Grausam erweiset sich Amor an mir
• WoO 25, Mir lächelt kein Frühling
• WoO 26, O wie sanft!
• WoO 27, Spruch
• WoO 28, Töne, lindernder Klang!
• WoO 29, Wann?
• WoO 30, Zu Rauch muss werden
• WoO 31, 15 Volkskinderlieder
• WoO 32, 28 Deutsche Volkslieder
• WoO 33, 49 Deutsche Volkslieder
• WoO 34, 14 Deutsche Volkslieder
• WoO 35, 12 Deutsche Volkslieder
• WoO 36, 8 Deutsche Volkslieder
• WoO 37, 16 Deutsche Volkslieder
• WoO 38, 20 Deutsche Volkslieder

• Anh 1, 5 Studien for piano
• Anh 2, Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide: Gavotte (piano solo)
• Anh 3, Joseph Joachim: Ouverture "Hamlet"
• Anh 4, Joseph Joachim: Ouverture "Demetrius"
• Anh 4/2, Franz Schubert: Impromptu, Op.90/2 (D.899) (Study for the Left Hand)
• Anh 5, Joseph Joachim: Ouverture "Henry IV"
• Anh 6, Franz Schubert: 16 Ländler
• Anh 7, Robert Schumann: Scherzo
• Anh 8, Robert Schumann: Piano Quartet, Op.47 (piano four-hands)
• Anh 9, J.S. Bach: Choral "Ach Gott, wie manches Herzelied"
• Anh 10, Georg Frederich Handel: 7 Duets and Trios
• Anh 11, Georg Frederich Handel: 6 Duets
• Anh 12, Franz Schubert: An Schwager Kronos
• Anh 13, Franz Schubert: Memnon
• Anh 14, Franz Schubert: Grupper aus dem Tartarus
• Anh 15, Franz Schubert: Geheimes
• Anh 16, Franz Schubert: Greisengesang
• Anh 17, Franz Schubert: Ellens Zweiter Gesang: Jäger, ruhe von der Jagd!
• Anh 18, Franz Schubert: Mass in E-flat, D.950 (Vocal score)