Tragic Overture, Op.81 (Brahms, Johannes)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's Allegro ma non troppo — Molto più moderato — Tempo primo ma tranquillo
Composition Year 1880
Genre Categories Overtures; For orchestra; Scores featuring the orchestra; For 2 pianos 8 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For 4 players (arr); For horn, trumpet, euphonium (arr); Scores featuring the horn (arr); Scores featuring the trumpet (arr); Scores featuring the euphonium (arr); For 3 players (arr); For 2 pianos (arr); For 2 players (arr); For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano 4 hands (arr); For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr)

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Performances

Recordings

For Orchestra

 Complete Performance
#91868 - 18.13MB - 19:48 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 5978×⇩ - MP3 - Carolus

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Carolus (2011/2/2)

Performer Pages University of Chicago Orchestra (orchestra)
Barbara Schubert (conductor)
Publisher Info. Chicago: University of Chicago Orchestra
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Misc. Notes Performed 3 June 2005, Mandel Hall. From archive.org.
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For Organ

 Complete Recording
#578908 - 13.20MB - 14:25 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 328×⇩ - MP3 - Stenov

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Stenov (2019/6/26)

Performer Pages Michael Stenov (organ)
Publisher Info. Michael Stenov
Performers Michael Stenov, Organ of Notre Dame de Budapest
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Version for Organ Solo
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Sheet Music

Full Scores

 Complete Score
#23111 - 14.41MB, 73 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 12295×⇩ - Ivdruiz

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Ivdruiz (2008/10/13)

 Complete Score (monochrome)
#85744 - 7.87MB, 71 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 3824×⇩ - Carolus

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Carolus (2010/11/24)

 Color Cover
#85745 - 0.36MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 795×⇩ - Carolus

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Carolus (2010/11/24)

Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. Berlin: N. Simrock, 1881. Plate 8189.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes Color scan with digital watermark
This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
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 Complete Score (scan) (Preview)
#262872 - 5.86MB, 26 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V*/V*/V* - 5220×⇩ - piupianissimo

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piupianissimo (2012/12/23)

 Complete Score (Medium Quality) (Preview)
#01076 - 2.05MB, 26 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V*/V*/V* - 6531×⇩ - Horndude77

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Horndude77 (2006/7/05)

Editor Hans Gál (1890–1987)
Publisher. Info. Sämtliche Werke, Band 3:
Overtüren und Variationen für Orchester (pp.37-62)
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1926-27. Plate J.B. 6.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes scan: score scanned at 600dpi (High Quality Scanning)
Medium Quality: scanned at 300dpi.
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 Complete Score
#44129 - 6.72MB, 55 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4323×⇩ - Carolus

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Carolus (2009/10/29)

Publisher. Info. Paris: Heugel & Cie., n.d.(ca.1950). Plate H. 31495, P.H. 95.
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 Complete Score
#927122 - 2.66MB, 26 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 94×⇩ - M.kowalski49

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M.kowalski49 (2024/8/13)

Editor Hans Gál (1890–1987)
Publisher. Info. Sämtliche Werke, Band 3:
Overtüren und Variationen für Orchester
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1926-27. Plate J.B. 5.
Reprinted Mineola: Dover Publications, 1984.
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Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Full Score is 9.21 x 12.21, scanned in at 600dpi.
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Parts

 Flute 1, 2, Piccolo
#44951 - 0.51MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V*/V*/V* - 6213×⇩ - Ottaviano

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Ottaviano (2009/11/1)

⇒ 13 more: Oboe 1, 2 • Clarinet 1, 2 (B♭) • Bassoon 1, 2 • Horn 1, 2 (D, plus F transposed) • Horn 3, 4 (F) • Trumpet 1, 2 (D, plus B♭ transposed) • Trombone 1, 2 (alto, tenor, clefs plus bass clef alternates), 3, Tuba • Timpani • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos • Basses

 Oboe 1, 2
#44952 - 0.38MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V*/V*/V* - 4379×⇩ - Ottaviano

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 Clarinet 1, 2 (B♭)
#44953 - 0.45MB, 7 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V*/V*/V* - 4957×⇩ - Ottaviano

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Ottaviano (2009/11/1)

 Bassoon 1, 2
#44954 - 0.50MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V*/V*/V* - 4267×⇩ - Ottaviano

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Ottaviano (2009/11/1)

 Horn 1, 2 (D, plus F transposed)
#44955 - 0.53MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V*/V*/V* - 6636×⇩ - Ottaviano

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Ottaviano (2009/11/1)

 Horn 3, 4 (F)
#44956 - 0.25MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V*/V*/V* - 5180×⇩ - Ottaviano

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Ottaviano (2009/11/1)

 Trumpet 1, 2 (D, plus B♭ transposed)
#44957 - 0.43MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V*/V*/V* - 5092×⇩ - Ottaviano

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Ottaviano (2009/11/1)

 Trombone 1, 2 (alto, tenor, clefs plus bass clef alternates), 3, Tuba
#44958 - 0.35MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V*/V*/V* - 7323×⇩ - Ottaviano

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Ottaviano (2009/11/1)

 Timpani
#44959 - 0.11MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V*/V*/V* - 3719×⇩ - Ottaviano

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Ottaviano (2009/11/1)

 Violins I
#44960 - 0.32MB, 5 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V*/V*/V* - 8380×⇩ - Ottaviano

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Ottaviano (2009/11/1)

 Violins II
#44961 - 0.33MB, 5 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V*/V*/V* - 5692×⇩ - Ottaviano

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Ottaviano (2009/11/1)

 Violas
#44962 - 0.32MB, 5 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V*/V*/V* - 5223×⇩ - Ottaviano

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Ottaviano (2009/11/1)

 Cellos
#26535 - 0.32MB, 5 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V*/V*/V* - 5821×⇩ - Generoso

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Generoso (2009/1/9)

 Basses
#44963 - 0.26MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V*/V*/V* - 4435×⇩ - Ottaviano

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Ottaviano (2009/11/1)

Editor Hans Gál (1890–1987)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.(ca.1927). Plate Orch.B. 3209.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1933–70).
Copyright
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Misc. Notes These files are part of the Orchestra Parts Project.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For 2 Pianos 8 Hands (Keller)

 Piano 1
#60615 - 1.48MB, 24 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 534×⇩ - Morel

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 Piano 2
#60616 - 1.39MB, 20 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 343×⇩ - Morel

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Morel (2010/4/2)

Arranger Robert Keller (1828–1891)
Publisher. Info. Berlin: N. Simrock, 1881. Plate 8237.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
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For Horn, Trumpet and Euphonium (Messerschmidt)

 Complete Score
#985309 - 0.21MB, 21 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 8×⇩ - Messerman

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Messerman (2025/8/13)

 Horn (F)
#985310 - 0.10MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 11×⇩ - Messerman

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 Trumpet (B♭)
#985311 - 0.12MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 6×⇩ - Messerman

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 Euphonium
#985312 - 0.09MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 3×⇩ - Messerman

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Messerman (2025/8/13)

Arranger Hans Jorgen Messerschmidt (b. 1944)
Publisher. Info. Hans Jorgen Messerschmidt, 2020.
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For 2 Pianos (Babcock)

 Piano 1
#888939 - 0.18MB, 15 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 82×⇩ - Gaylon Babcock

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 Piano 2
#888940 - 0.14MB, 13 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 73×⇩ - Gaylon Babcock

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Gaylon Babcock (2023/12/18)

Arranger Gaylon Babcock
Publisher. Info. Gaylon Babcock
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For Piano 4 Hands (Brahms)

 Complete Score
#13314 - 1.11MB, 28 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1666×⇩ - Peter

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Peter (2007/9/5)

Arranger Composer
Publisher. Info. Berlin: N. Simrock, 1881. Plate 8213.
Copyright
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 Complete Score
#592615 - 1.14MB, 33 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 362×⇩ - Alex'Not

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Alex'Not (2019/10/9)

Arranger Composer
Editor Alain Brunet (b. 1967)
Publisher. Info. Alex'Not
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For Piano (Keller)

 Complete Score
#237137 - 3.06MB, 18 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1739×⇩ - Cypressdome

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Cypressdome (2012/6/22)

Arranger Robert Keller (1828–1891)
Publisher. Info. Berlin: N. Simrock, n.d.[1881]. Plate 8288.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Original images: 300dpi, grayscale jpg files approx. 2850 by 3720 pixels. Editing: re-sampled to 600dpi, converted to black and white tif files, de-skewed, and set uniform margins.
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General Information

Work Title Tragic Overture
Alternative. Title Tragische Ouvertüre
Name Translations 悲剧序曲; 悲劇序曲; 悲劇的序曲; Ouverture tragique; 비극적 서곡; Obertura trágica; Traaginen alkusoitto; Ouverture Tragica; Tragikus nyitány; Tragisk ouvertyr; Tragisch ouverture; Tragisk ouverture; Obertura tràgica; Трагическая увертюра (Брамс); Abertura tráxica; Tragická předehra
Name Aliases Ouverture tragique op. 81; Obertura tragica; Tragic Overture, Op. 81
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 177010812; GND: 300027125; BNF: 13909031k
Composer Brahms, Johannes
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.81
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IJB 142
Key D minor
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's Allegro ma non troppo — Molto più moderato — Tempo primo ma tranquillo
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1880
First Performance. 1880-12-26 in Vienna
Vienna Philharmonic / Hans Richter
First Publication. 1881 – Berlin: N. Simrock
Average DurationAvg. Duration 14 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation orchestra
InstrDetail
piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons
4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba
timpani, strings
Discography All Music Guide
External Links Wikipedia article
Classical Archives article
KDH Listening Guide
Extra Information Version History
  • Composed for orchestra in 1880
  • Arranged by Brahms for piano 4 hands, December 1880

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