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Various lost arrangements by Brahms of other composers' works see [6] for list A. 3/14-19: Various sketches and sketchbooks see [6] for list A. 5a/1-3: Various collections of folk songs, notated by Brahms see [6] for list A. 5a/4-21: Various transcripts of other composers' works, notated by Brahms see [6] for list A. 5b/1-3: Various autograph ...
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Fünf Gesänge (Five songs), Op. 104, is a song cycle of five part songs for mixed choir a cappella by Johannes Brahms. Composed in 1888 when Brahms was a 55-year-old bachelor, the five songs reflect an intensely nostalgic and even tragic mood. Brahms has chosen texts which centre on lost youth, summer turning into fall and, ultimately, man's ...
Compositions by Johannes Brahms This is not a complete listing of Brahms' compositions, but rather the collection of Wikipedia articles that have been written about individual works. For a complete list of compositions see List of compositions by Johannes Brahms .
Vier ernste Gesänge (Four Serious Songs), Op. 121, is a cycle of four songs for bass and piano by Johannes Brahms. As in his Ein deutsches Requiem , the texts are compiled from the Luther Bible . Three songs deal with death and the transience of life, while the fourth has an outlook of faith, hope and charity .
The final grouping and order was achieved in a personal meeting of the composer and the publisher, [4] ultimately adding to Op. 105 a setting of a traditional Lower Rhenish song, "Feins Liebchen, trau du nicht" (Beloved, do not trust) and a poem by Detlev von Liliencron, "Auf dem Kirchhofe / Der Tag ging regenschwer und sturmbewegt" (At the ...
Two Songs for Voice, Viola and Piano (German: Zwei Gesänge für eine Altstimme mit Bratsche und Klavier), Op. 91, were composed by Johannes Brahms for his friends Joseph Joachim and his wife Amalie. The text of the first song, "Gestillte Sehnsucht" (Longing at rest), is a poem by Friedrich Rückert , composed in 1884.
The set was the penultimate of Brahms's published works. It was also his penultimate work for piano solo. The pieces are frequently performed. Like Brahms's other late keyboard works, Op. 118 is more introspective than his earlier piano pieces, which tend to be more virtuosic in character. The six pieces are: Intermezzo in A minor.