Johannes Brahms
[joːˈhanəs ˈbʁaːms] (1833 – 1897, German)
* Though his music was rooted in Classicism, its expressive and gigantic nature was Romantic at its core.
* His music was extremely innovative. The key to his innovation is the "developing variation," the constant reworking of small fragments of musical material as a composition progresses, e.g. the Clarinet Quintet.
* His music is frequently described as autumnal - passionate and romantic.
List of compositions by genre
He composed masterpieces in all genres except opera.
Lullaby
- originally he wrote them for piano four-hands and later arranged the first 10 dances for solo piano
No.5, Allegro-Vivace, is better known:
Violin Concerto
- one of the three greatest concertos on earth
- a large-scale work, ferociously difficult for the violin soloist
- 3 movements
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Piano Quartet No.1, Op.25
- “a stormy, passionate, and youthful work”
Piano Concerto No.2
Symphony No. 3
Mvt.1 Allegro con brio
Mvt.2 Andante
Mvt.3 Poco allegretto
Mvt.4 Allegro — Un poco sostenuto
- “unfortunately over-famous”
/ Song of Destiny, Op. 54
- an orchestrally accompanied choral setting of a poem
- an orchestrally accompanied choral setting of a poem
Vier Ernste Gesänge, Op.121
- Four Serious Songs
- composed as a response to the death of Clara Schumann
How Lovely are Thy Dwellings Fair
Variations on a Theme by Handel, Op.24
- his very finest chamber work
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