Brahms Centennial

Works of Johannes Brahms



The works of Johannes Brahms fall into categories of chamber, choral, orchestral, organ, piano, and vocal music. The links below provide the specific details of these works. Even though the links may overlap in terms of content I thought it best to include several in case of any discrepancies.


  1. Basic Repetoire List-Brahms
    Author: L. D. Lampson
    URL:
    http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/brahms.html

    An alphabetical index that is embedded within the Classical Net site and focuses more on the recommendation of recordings for the works listed. The list provides the title of the work and the subsequent recordings that the author has noted. Here the performer, ensemble, and record label serial number is listed for the user. In addition to this the site also provides links to Brahms' musical influences and his contemporaries.

  2. Brahms Works by Opus Number
    Author: Paul Geffen
    URL:
    http://www.tiac.net/users/lpaul/BrahmsWorks.html

    A listing of the works of Brahms that has the added feature of links to selected recordings of the piece of music in question. The links provide the artist performing the work, the year of the recording, and the record label serial number for retrieval. In addition to this the author has also included the publication year of the works listed. The site, however, does not list the works that were composed without opus numbers.

  3. Brahms Works List
    Author: Mary I. Ingraham
    URL:
    http://web20.mindlink.net/a4369/brahms/JBlist.htm

    A simple directory of all the works composed by Brahms, both with and without opus numbers. A useful site for quick reference to works that an individual may be seeking.

  4. Johannes Brahms
    Author: Matt Boynick
    URL:
    http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/brahms_works.html

    Lists the works by opus number and provides links to some of the more commonly performed pieces which give details to the work's movements, key, orchestration, duration, date of composition, and publisher. In addition to this there is also a bibliography citing publications which provide more detail on the work in question. Some of the links also have multi-media capabilities so that if one is equipped with the appropriate software sound is available.


Miscellaneous


  1. Brahms and the binary sonata: A structuralist interpretation.
    Author: David Nivans
    URL:
    http://www.sun.rhbnc.ac.uk/Music/Archive/Disserts/nivans.html

    A short paper on the theoretical approaches used to interpret Brahms' sonata form. Nivans' approach attempts to refute the established interpretation using 20th Century social science thinkers. An interesting analysis and defense of his theory.

  2. Acoustic Recording of Brahms
    URL:
    http://www.measure.demon.co.uk/sounds/Brahms.html

    A short description of the origin of the recording, the performance of the Hungarian Dance 1, and the voice of Brahms himself. There are several links provided giving the user the opportunity to listen to this historic recording.

  3. Brahms at the piano
    Author: Jonathan Berger, et.al
    URL:
    http://www.music.yale.edu/research/brahms/brahms1.html

    A research abstract from the Center for Studies in Music Technology at Yale. The abstract discusses and examines the recording's raison d'etre, history, and the denoising process used to enhance the recording.


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