Johannes Brahms

Works by the McCorkle catalogue

Works are identified by the catalogue of Margit McCorkle (Johannes Brahms: Thematisch-Bibliographisches Werkverzeichnis; Henle, 1984).

Works with opus numbers
op. 1: Sonata no. 1 in C major
op. 2: Sonata no. 2 in F-sharp minor
op. 4: Scherzo in E-flat minor
op. 5: Sonata no. 3 in F minor
op. 9: Variations on a Theme by Schumann
op. 10: Four Ballades
op. 18: Theme and Variations in D minor
op. 21 no. 1: Variations on an Original Theme
op. 21 no. 2: Variations on a Hungarian Song
op. 24: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel
op. 35: Variations on a Theme by Paganini
op. 39: Sixteen Waltzes
op. 76: Eight Pieces
op. 79: Two Rhapsodies
op. 116: Seven Fantasies
op. 117: Three Intermezzi
op. 118: Six Pieces
op. 119: Four Pieces

Works without opus numbers
WoO 1: Hungarian Dances [different to Anh. II/16]
WoO 3: Two Gavottes
WoO 4: Two Gigues
WoO 5: Two Sarabandes
WoO 6: Fifty-one Exercises
WoO 11: Cadenza for the third movement of Johann Sebastian Bach’s concerto in D minor (BWV 1052)
WoO 12: Cadenzas for the first and third movements of Ludwig van Beethoven’s piano concerto no. 4 in G major (op. 58)
WoO 13: Cadenzas for the first and second movements of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s piano concerto in G major (KV 453)
WoO 14: Cadenza for the first movement of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s piano concerto in D minor (KV 466) [different to Anh. IV/4]
WoO 15: Cadenza for the first movement of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s piano concerto in C minor (KV 491)

Anh. I: Works of other composers, arranged by Brahms
a. Arrangements of works by other composers
- 1: Five studies
- - I: Étude in F minor [no. 2 of Frédéric Chopin’s études (op. 25)]
  - II: Rondo in C major [mov. 4 of Carl Maria von Weber’s sonata no. 1 (op. 24)]
  - III: Presto in G minor [mov. 4 of Johann Sebastian Bach’s sonata no. 1 for solo violin (BWV 1001), first version]
  - IV: Presto in G minor [mov. 4 of Johann Sebastian Bach’s sonata no. 1 for solo violin (BWV 1001), second version]
  - V: Chaconne in D minor [mov. 5 of Johann Sebastian Bach’s partita no. 2 for solo violin (BWV 1004)]
- 2: Gavotte in A major [from Christoph Willibald Gluck’s opera Iphigénie en Aulide]
- 6/17–20: Four Ländler [Franz Schubert (D 814)]
- 7: Scherzo in E-flat major [mov. 3 of Robert Schumann’s piano quintet (op. 44)]

Anh. II: Lost works and arrangements
a. Lost works
- 11: Pieces (Blätter aus dem Tagebuch eines Musikers)
- 12: Piece in C minor
- 13: Fantasy on a popular Waltz
- 14: Präludium and Aria in A minor
- 15: Sonata
- 16: Hungarian Dances [different to WoO 1]
- 3*: Improvisations on Waltzes by Strauss
b. Lost arrangements of works by other composers
- 1: Toccata in F major [from Johann Sebastian Bach’s toccata and fugue for organ (BWV 540)]
- 2: Finale in C major [mov. 4 of Ludwig van Beethoven’s string quartet no. 9 (op. 59 no. 3)]
- 3: Two Marches [Franz Schubert’s Deux marches caractéristiques for piano duet (D 968B)]
- 4: Scherzo in F major [mov. 3 of Franz Schubert’s octet (D 803)]

Anh. III: Varia, fragments and sketches
2: Canon in F minor
3: Circle Canon in A major
4: Piece in B-flat major
5: Papillon [arrangement of no. 7 from Robert Schumann’s Papillons (op. 2)]
6: Variation on a Theme by Schumann [on the same theme as the variations on a theme by Schumann (op. 9)]
10: Rákóczi March
15: Sketches

Anh. IV: Unauthenticated and misattributed works
2: Impromptu in E-flat major [no. 2 of Franz Schubert’s impromptus (D 899)]
4: Cadenza for the first movement of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s piano concerto in D minor (KV 466) [different to WoO 14]
7: Cadenza for the first movement of Ludwig van Beethoven’s piano concerto no. 3 in C minor (op. 37) [by Ignaz Moscheles]

Anh. V: Holograph collections and copies
8: Music by Schubert [the Fantasie in C major (D 605), Scherzo and Allegro (D 570), an extract from the oratorio Lazarus (D 689), and the songs Der Strom (D 565), Das Grab (D 569) and Herbst (D 945)]
9: Dances by Schubert [twelve deutsche Tänze (D 790), two Ländler (D 366 nos. 4 and 13), and one waltz (D 146 no. 15)]
10: Ländler by Schubert [eleven for solo piano (D 366 nos. 1–6, 8–10 and 12–13), and four for piano duet (D 814)]
17: Etude in D major [Carl Czerny]
19: Gratieux sans Lenteur [from Christoph Willibald Gluck’s opera Iphigénie en Aulide]

Anh. VI: Works of other composers, edited by Brahms
4: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata in A-flat major (op. 110)
5: Music by Frédéric Chopin [in the Breitkopf & Härtel Gesamtausgabe]
- Volume III (Mazurkas): Four Mazurkas, op. 6 · Five Mazurkas, op. 7 · Four Mazurkas, op. 17 · Four Mazurkas, op. 24 · Four Mazurkas, op. 30 · Four Mazurkas, op. 33 · Four Mazurkas, op. 41 · Three Mazurkas, op. 50 · Three Mazurkas, op. 56 · Three Mazurkas, op. 59 · Three Mazurkas, op. 63 · Mazurka in A minor, KK IIb/4
- Volume IV (Notturnos): Three Nocturnes, op. 9 · Three Nocturnes, op. 15 · Two Nocturnes, op. 27 · Two Nocturnes, op. 32 · Two Nocturnes, op. 37 · Two Nocturnes, op. 48 · Two Nocturnes, op. 55 · Two Nocturnes, op. 62
- Volume VIII (Sonaten): Sonata no. 2 in B-flat minor, op. 35 · Sonata no. 3 in B minor, op. 58
- Volume X (Verschiedene Werke): Variations brillantes, op. 12 · Bolero in A minor, op. 19 · Impromptu no. 1 in A-flat major, op. 29 · Impromptu no. 2 in F-sharp major, op. 36 · Tarantelle in A-flat major, op. 43 · Allegro de Concert in A major, op. 46 · Fantaisie in F minor, op. 49 · Impromptu no. 3 in G-flat major, op. 51 · Berceuse in D-flat major, op. 57 · Barcarolle in F-sharp major, op. 60 · Variation for Hexaméron, KK IIb/2
- Volume XIII (Nachgelassene Werke): Four Mazurkas, op. 67 · Four Mazurkas, op. 68 · Mazurka in G major, KK IIa/2 · Mazurka in B-flat major, KK IIa/3 · Mazurka in A minor, KK IIb/5 · Mazurka in D major, KK IVa/7 · Mazurka in D major, KK IVb/2 · Mazurka in C major, KK IVb/3 · Three Polonaises, op. 71 · Polonaise in G-sharp minor, KK IVa/3 · Polonaise in B-flat minor, KK IVa/5 · Two Valses, op. 69 · Three Valses, op. 70 · Valse in E minor, KK IVa/15
6: François Couperin: Pièces de Clavecin, Livres I and II
8: Franz Schubert: Twenty Ländler [sixteen for solo piano (D 366 nos. 1–16) and four for piano duet (D 814); related to Anh. Ia/6]
11: Franz Schubert: Twelve deutsche Tänze (D 790)
12: Franz Schubert: Drei Klavierstücke (D 946)
14: Robert Schumann: Five variations for the Symphonische Etüden (op. 13)
15: Robert Schumann: Scherzo in F minor and Presto passionato in G minor [movements for the sonata no. 3 in F minor (op. 14) and the sonata no. 2 in G minor (op. 22)]
17: Music by Robert Schumann [in the Breitkopf & Härtel Gesamtausgabe]
- Series XIV (Supplement): Contents of Anh. VI/14–15 · Variationen über ein eigenes Thema (Geistervariationen) (Anh. F39) [theme only] · Works for other instrumentations
18: Anna de Dobjansky: Nocturnes (opp. 1–4)