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Brahms, Johannes : 16 Walzer Op.39

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Music ID : 218
Composition Year：1865　
Publication Year：1866
Instrumentation：Piano Ensemble　
Genre：waltz
Total Playing Time：18 min 20 sec
Copyright：Public Domain
Additional Notes：作曲者自身によるピアノ独奏用への編曲版と、抜粋による2台4手のための編曲版がある。
waltz
Piano Ensemble
1 piano 4 hands

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Author : Wada, Mayuko

Last Updated: July 1, 2007
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Note: This article is automatically translated from the original Japanese text. The author of the original work did not supervise this translation.

Disappointed by the lack of recognition in his hometown of Hamburg, Brahms moved to Vienna in 1862. This collection of 16 waltzes, Op. 39, was composed in January 1865, during his third year in Vienna. Brahms initially composed these waltzes for piano four-hands. Almost concurrently, he arranged them for solo piano, and even wrote simpler versions for children. Later, he also made arrangements for two pianos.

The solo piano versions were dedicated to the music critic Eduard Hanslick. Upon receiving the collection, Hanslick expressed his surprise, stating, "The serious and taciturn Brahms, that disciple of Schumann, a North German Protestant, a man as unworldly as Schumann, has written waltzes."

At that time in Vienna, Johann Strauss was known as the "Waltz King" and was at the height of his popularity. Due to the prosperity of the Strauss family, waltzes were considered purely recreational music, meant for dancing. It was in this context that Brahms, who was regarded as a proponent of absolute music, composed these domestic and lighthearted waltzes.

Compared to Strauss's waltzes, Brahms's waltzes are smaller-scale miniatures. Characteristically, they are simple and possess a flavor closer to the Ländler, the predecessor of the waltz. Inspired by the composition of these waltzes, Brahms went on to compose many other works with waltz rhythms, such as the "Liebeslieder Waltzes" and "Neue Liebeslieder Waltzes" with vocal quartet, and lullabies with waltz rhythms.

Writer: Wada, Mayuko

Movements (16)

No.1 Tempo giusto Op.39-1

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No.2 Op.39-2

Key: E-Dur  Total Performance Time: 1 min 00 sec 

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No.3 Op.39-3

Key: gis-moll  Total Performance Time: 0 min 50 sec 

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No.4 Poco sostenuto Op.39-4

Key: e-moll  Total Performance Time: 1 min 10 sec 

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No.5 Op.39-5

Key: E-Dur  Total Performance Time: 1 min 20 sec 

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No.6 Vivace Op.39-6

Key: Cis-Dur  Total Performance Time: 1 min 00 sec 

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No.7 Poco piu Andante Op.39-7

Key: cis-moll  Total Performance Time: 1 min 50 sec 

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No.8 Op.39-8

Key: B-Dur  Total Performance Time: 1 min 10 sec 

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No.9 Op.39-9

Key: d-moll  Total Performance Time: 1 min 10 sec 

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No.10 Op.39-10

Key: G-Dur  Total Performance Time: 0 min 30 sec 

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No.11 Op.39-11

Key: h-moll  Total Performance Time: 1 min 20 sec 

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No.12 Op.39-12

Key: E-Dur  Total Performance Time: 1 min 40 sec 

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No.13 Op.39-13

Key: H-Dur  Total Performance Time: 0 min 40 sec 

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No.14 Op.39-14

Key: gis-moll  Total Performance Time: 1 min 20 sec 

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No.15 Op.39-15

Key: A-Dur  Total Performance Time: 1 min 30 sec 

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No.16 Op.39-16

Key: d-moll  Total Performance Time: 1 min 00 sec 

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