Johannes Brahms

Biography by Rovi Staff

+ Follow Artist

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.
Read Full Biography

Composition Highlights

Title	Year	Avg. Duration	Genre
Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90	1883	35:36	Symphony
Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68	1855	44:56	Symphony
Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115	1891	37:03	Chamber Music
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15	1854	48:35	Concerto
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77	1878	39:25	Concerto
Sonata for violin & piano No. 1 in G major ("Regen"), Op. 78	1878	27:09	Chamber Music
Variations (25) and Fugue on a Theme of Handel, for piano, in B flat major, Op. 24	1861	26:32	Keyboard
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83	1881	47:12	Concerto
Variations on a Theme of Haydn, for orchestra in B flat major ("St. Anthony Variations"), Op. 56a	1873	18:42	Orchestral
Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98	1884	40:29	Symphony
Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem), for soprano, baritone, chorus & orchestra, Op. 45	1857	01:05:25	Choral
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73	1877	41:09	Symphony
Concerto for violin, cello & orchestra in A minor ("Double"), Op. 102	1887	32:49	Concerto
Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1		24:12	Orchestral
Sonata for clarinet (or viola) & piano No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 120/2	1894	21:07	Chamber Music
Wiegenlied ("Guten Abend, gut Nacht"), song for voice & piano, Op. 49/4	1868	02:25	Vocal Music
Sonata for clarinet (or viola) & piano No. 1 in F minor, Op. 120/1	1894	22:40	Chamber Music
Tragic Overture, in D minor, Op. 81	1880	13:24	Orchestral
Fantasias (7) for piano, Op. 116	1892	21:47	Keyboard
Academic Festival Overture (Akademische Festouvertüre), for orchestra in C minor, Op. 80	1879	10:22	Orchestral