Rhapsodies, Op. 79 (Brahms)

The Rhapsodies, Op. 79, for piano were written by Johannes Brahms in 1879 during his summer stay in Pörtschach, when he had reached the maturity of his career. They were inscribed to his friend, the musician and composer Elisabeth von Herzogenberg. At the suggestion of the dedicatee, Brahms reluctantly renamed the sophisticated compositions from "klavierstücke" (piano pieces) to "rhapsodies".

	Rhapsody in B minor – Op. 79 No. 1 Performed by Muriel Nguyen Xuan
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	Rhapsody in B minor – Op. 79 No. 1 Performed by Peter Bispham
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• No. 1 in B minor. Agitato is the more extensive piece, with outer sections in sonata form enclosing a lyrical central section in B major and with a coda ending in that key.
• No. 2 in G minor. Molto passionato, ma non-troppo allegro is a more compact piece in a more "normal" sonata form.

In each piece, the main key is not definitely established until fairly late in the exposition.

External links

• Rhapsodies, Op. 79: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
• Performance of both Rhapsodies by Louis Schwizgebel-Wang from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in MP3 format

Johannes Brahms
Orchestral works	Academic Festival Overture Serenades Symphony No. 1 Symphony No. 2 Symphony No. 3 Symphony No. 4 Tragic Overture Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Concertante	Double Concerto Piano Concerto No. 1 Piano Concerto No. 2 Violin Concerto
Vocal/Choral works with orchestra	A German Requiem Alto Rhapsody Gesang der Parzen Nänie Rinaldo Schicksalslied Triumphlied
Chamber music	Cello Sonata No. 1 Cello Sonata No. 2 Clarinet Quintet Clarinet Sonatas Clarinet Trio Horn Trio Piano Quartet No. 1 Piano Quartet No. 2 Piano Quartet No. 3 Piano Quintet Piano Trio No. 1 Piano Trio No. 2 Piano Trio No. 3 String Quartet No. 3 String Quintet No. 1 String Quintet No. 2 String Sextet No. 1 String Sextet No. 2 Two String Quartets, Op. 51 Violin Sonata No. 1 Violin Sonata No. 2 Violin Sonata No. 3
Piano works	Ballades, Op. 10 Four Pieces for Piano, Op. 119 Piano Sonata No. 1 Piano Sonata No. 2 Piano Sonata No. 3 Rhapsodies, Op. 79 Six Pieces for Piano, Op. 118 Sixteen Waltzes, Op. 39 Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel Variations on a Theme of Paganini
Other compositions	Brahms' Lullaby Eleven Chorale Preludes Fünf Gesänge, Op.104 Liebeslieder Walzer, Op. 52 Neue Liebeslieder Vier ernste Gesänge Zigeunerlieder
Named for Brahms	1818 Brahms Brahms (crater) Brahms Inlet
Related articles	List of compositions by genre List of compositions by opus number Brahms guitar Brahms-Institut Brahms-Preis German Romanticism International Johannes Brahms Competition Musical cryptogram Three Bs
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