Lieder by Johannes Brahms

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Lieder by Johannes Brahms are art songs for voice and piano that set German Romantic poetry—such as texts by Joseph von Eichendorff—to music, showcasing Brahms’s lyrical and expressive style.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf song collection
vocal music
accompaniment piano
associatedWith German Romanticism
composer Johannes Brahms
countryOfOrigin Germany
feature careful text setting
close integration of voice and piano
motivically unified accompaniments
rich piano writing
strophic and modified strophic forms
subtle harmonic complexity
through-composed forms
genre Lied
Romantic art song
includesWork Acht Lieder und Gesänge, Op. 57
Fünf Lieder, Op. 105
Fünf Lieder, Op. 106
Fünf Lieder, Op. 47
Liebeslieder Walzer, Op. 52
Magelone-Romanzen, Op. 33
Neue Liebeslieder Walzer, Op. 65
Neun Lieder und Gesänge, Op. 32
Sechs Lieder und Romanzen, Op. 93a
Sechs Lieder und Romanzen, Op. 93b
Sechs Lieder, Op. 3
Vier Lieder, Op. 43
Vier Lieder, Op. 46
Vier Lieder, Op. 70
Vier Lieder, Op. 96
Vier ernste Gesänge, Op. 121
Vier ernste Gesänge, Op. 121: "Denn es gehet dem Menschen"
Vier ernste Gesänge, Op. 121: "Ich wandte mich"
Vier ernste Gesänge, Op. 121: "O Tod, wie bitter bist du"
Vier ernste Gesänge, Op. 121: "Wenn ich mit Menschen- und mit Engelzungen redete"
Zigeunerlieder, Op. 103
Zigeunerlieder, Op. 112
influencedBy Franz Schubert
Johann Sebastian Bach
Robert Schumann
language German
performanceForces solo voice and piano
period Romantic era
style expressive
lyrical
textAuthor Eduard Mörike
Friedrich Rückert
Heinrich Heine
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Joseph von Eichendorff
Ludwig Uhland
textLanguage German Romantic poetry
typicalFor German Lied tradition
linked to: Romantic Lied
typicalVoiceTypes baritone
bass
mezzo-soprano
soprano
tenor

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Joseph von Eichendorff workUsedAsTextIn Lieder by Johannes Brahms
Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78 basedOn song "Regenlied" Op. 59 No. 3 by Johannes Brahms
linked to: Lieder by Johannes Brahms
Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78 basedOn song "Nachklang" Op. 59 No. 4 by Johannes Brahms
linked to: Lieder by Johannes Brahms
Lieder by Johannes Brahms includesWork Vier ernste Gesänge, Op. 121: "Denn es gehet dem Menschen"
linked to: Lieder by Johannes Brahms
Lieder by Johannes Brahms includesWork Vier ernste Gesänge, Op. 121: "O Tod, wie bitter bist du"
linked to: Lieder by Johannes Brahms
Klaus Groth hasWorkAdaptedInto Lieder by Johannes Brahms