Johannes Brahms

As Johann Jakob prospered, the family moved over the years to ever better accommodation in Hamburg. Johannes Brahms was born in 1833; his sister Elisabeth (Elise) had been born in 1831 and a younger brother Fritz Friedrich (Fritz) was born in 1835. Fritz also became a pianist; overshadowed by his brother, he emigrated to Caracas in 1867, and later returned to Hamburg as a teacher.

Piano Sonata in C, Op. 1 (1953) Age 20

16 Variations In F Sharp Minor On A Theme By R. Schumann, Op. 9 (1854) Age 21

4 Ballades, Op. 10 (1854)

Piano Trios No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8 (1854)

Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15 (1858) Age 25

String Sextet No. 1 in B-Flat, Op. 18 (1860) Age 27

Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 (1864)

Waltzes, Op. 39 (1865) Age 32

21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1 (1868) Age 35

Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 (1878)

Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78, "Regensonate", for violin and piano (1878 -1879) Age 45

Two Rhapsodies, Op. 79 (1879)

Lieder (Songs) (1860 - 1888)

Op. 43, 4 Songs; Von ewiger Liebe ("For Eternal Love"), Die Mainacht ("The May Night"), Ich schwing mein Horn ins Jammerthal ("I Sound My Horn in the Valley of Sorrow"), Das Lied vom Herrn von Falkenstein ("The Song of the Mister from Falconstone")(voice, piano)(1860–66)

Op. 85, 6 Songs; Sommerabend, Mondenschein, Mädchenlied, Ade!, Frühlingslied, In Waldeseinsamkeit (voice, piano)(1878–82)

Op. 96, 4 Songs; Der Tod, das ist die kühle Nacht, Wir wandelten, Es schauen die Blumen, Meerfahrt (voice, piano) (1884)

Op. 106, 5 Songs; Ständchen, Auf dem See, Es hing der Reif, Meine Lieder, Ein Wanderer (female voice, piano)(1886)

Op. 107, 5 Songs; An die Stolze, Salamander, Das Mädchen spricht, Maienkätzchen, Mädchenlied (voice, piano)(1886–88)

Double Concerto in A minor, Op. 102 (1887) Age 53

Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115 (1891) Age 58

7 Fantasies, Op. 116 (1892)

3 Intermezzi, Op. 117 (1892)

6 Pieces for Piano, Op. 118 (1893) Age 60

4 Pieces for Piano, Op. 119 (1893)

Brahms Museum

Visited on 13th Sep 2013

The Brahms Museum is a museum in the Composers Quarter in Hamburg-Neustadt, Germany. It is dedicated to the classical composer Johannes Brahms.

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Seasonally Lived in Baden-Baden, Germany (1865 to 1874)

Brahms House

Visited on 6th Sep 2013

The Brahms House (Brahms-Haus), also known as Lichtental No. 8, is a biographical museum dedicated to Johannes Brahms in Baden-Baden, Germany. The museum is centered on the building's attic, where Brahms lived and worked on his music while in residence.

Johannes Brahms lived seasonally in Lichtental No. 8 from 1865 to 1874, originally because of a tip from Clara Schumann. His first stay at the house lasted from May to October 1865. While residing here, Brahms worked on his first and second symphonies, the piano quintet, second string sextet, the Alto Rhapsody, and parts of A German Requiem.

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Works that composed in Baden-Baden

String Sextet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 36. (1864–1865)

Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem), Op. 45. (1865 - 1868) Age 35

Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53 (1869)

Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68 (1855 - 1876) Age 43

Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73 (1877)

Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38 (I–III: 1862, IV: 1865)

5 Lieder, Op. 49, Wiegenlied - Brahms's Lullaby (1868) Age 35

Spent a Summer in Wiesbaden, Germany (1883)

Johannes Brahms has a special relationship to Wiesbaden: in 1883 he spent a summer here and completed his third symphony, which he himself once called his “Wiesbadener”. Through a circle of friends he maintained close ties to Wiesbaden all of his life.

Visited on 1st Sep 2013