Johannes Brahms

Biography by Rovi Staff

Of all the major late-Romantic composers, Brahms was the one most attached to the Classical ideal as manifested in the music of Beethoven especially.
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Composition Highlights

Title	Year	Genre
Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1		Orchestral
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77	1878	Concerto
Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90	1883	Symphony
Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68	1855	Symphony
Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98	1884	Symphony
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73	1877	Symphony
Wiegenlied ("Guten Abend, gut Nacht"), song for voice & piano, Op. 49/4	1868	Vocal Music
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83	1881	Concerto
Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem), for soprano, baritone, chorus & orchestra, Op. 45	1857	Choral
Variations on a Theme of Haydn, for orchestra in B flat major (St. Anthony Variations), Op. 56a	1873	Orchestral
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15	1854	Concerto
Tragic Overture, in D minor, Op. 81	1880	Orchestral
Sonata for violin & piano No. 1 in G major ("Regen"), Op. 78	1878	Chamber Music
Academic Festival Overture, for orchestra in C minor ("Akademische Festouvertüre"), Op. 80	1879	Orchestral
Concerto for violin, cello & orchestra in A minor ("Double"), Op. 102	1887	Concerto
Variations (28) on a Theme of Paganini, for piano, in A minor, Op. 35	1862	Keyboard
Sonata for violin & piano No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108	1886	Chamber Music
Waltzes (16) for piano, 4 hands (or piano), Op. 39	1865	Keyboard
Pieces (6) for piano, Op. 118	1892	Keyboard
Sonata for clarinet (or viola) & piano No. 1 in F minor, Op. 120/1	1894	Chamber Music