List of compositions by Johannes Brahms

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The following is a list of compositions by Johannes Brahms, classified by genre and type of work.

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The table is sortable (click on header of "#" column) by opus numbers (Op.), works without opus numbers (W.), appendix works (A.), and uncatalogued works (A. deest).

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References

  1. Doyle New York, Auctioneers and Appraisers, Auction of April 20, 2011, Lot 228.
  2. "Craig Sheppard plays the World Premiere of the Brahms Albumblatt in A minor, 28 April, 2011, Seattle". YouTube. 6 February 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
  3. "New Piano Piece by Brahms Discovered: Albumblatt in A minor – Free Piano Score | Piano Street's Classical Piano Blog". Pianostreet.com. 25 January 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
  4. IMSLP: Album of Transcriptions for Piano Four-hands (Oesterle, Louis): 9. Gavotte from "Paris and Helena" - Gluck, arranged by Johannes Brahms, p. 44. New York: G. Schirmer, 1901.
  5. IMSLP: Albumblatt für Clara Schumann. Holograph manuscript, 1868.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Margit L. McCorkle, Johannes Brahms: Thematisch-Bibliographisches Werkverzeichnis (Thematic Bibliographical Catalogue), München: G. Henle Verlag, 1984. 841p. ISBN   9783873280410.
    A detailed summary of all works in this catalogue (Opus, WoO, and Anh numbers) is available online at Klassika.