Search results
He looked to older music for inspiration in the art of counterpoint; the themes of some of his works are modelled on Baroque sources such as Bach's The Art of Fugue in the fugal finale of Cello Sonata No. 1 or the same composer's Cantata No. 150 in the passacaglia theme of the Fourth Symphony's finale.
May 17, 2023 · Brahms' Noted Works. The most famous works by Johannes Brahms, with composition dates noted in brackets, include: Four symphonies; Two piano concertos; Around 250 songs; Rinaldo (1868) Deutsches Requiem (1868) Alto Rhapsody (1869) Triumphlied (1871) St. Anthony Variations aka Variations on a Theme of Haydn (1873) Violin Concerto (1878) 21 ...
- Mark Cartwright
- Hungarian Dances (1869–1880) Brahms was introduced to “gypsy-style” music by the Hungarian violinist Ede Reményi, who he met in 1850. His 21 Hungarian Dances were originally written for piano four hands, where two pianists play from the same keyboard, but are best known now in their orchestral arrangements.
- Academic Festival Overture (1880) The Academic Festival Overture was composed in the summer of 1880 in tribute to the University of Breslau, after Brahms discovered he was to be awarded with an honorary doctorate.
- German Requiem (1865–1868) Brahms’s German Requiem (or, to give it its full title, A German Requiem, to Words of the Holy Scriptures) is a large-scale work for chorus, orchestra, and solo soprano and baritone.
- Violin Concerto (1878) Brahms wrote only one concerto for violin, dedicating it to his close friend and almost lifelong collaborator, Joseph Joachim. The composer leaned heavily on the 19th-century violin virtuoso for support and advice during its composition, noting that he had no patience for slurs that indicated bowing rather than phrasing.
Brahms was a vibrant and prolific composer who often utilized classical forms ( symphony, concerto, sonata) in his compositions, eschewing the more popular genres of opera and symphonic poems.
He was a master of counterpoint, the complex and highly disciplined art for which Johann Sebastian Bach is famous, and of development, a compositional ethos pioneered by Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, and other composers.
Jan 19, 2017 · Classical Music. The Visual Artists Who Inspired Brahms. At the Met, Leon Botstein explores how the composer’s relationships with the painters of his time shaped his work. By Russell Platt....
Nov 4, 2023 · Harris & Ewing Collection. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division. The Library of Congress Music Division holds one of the most significant collections in the world for the composer Johannes Brahms (1833-1897). These collections include over 50 of Brahms's own music manuscripts and over 200 pieces of Brahms's correspondence.
