#  Johannes Brahms 

 



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   ![Johannes Brahms](/sites/g/files/omnuum11456/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/poetry-at-harvard/files/brahms.jpg?itok=o3KfHwC5) 

 

(1833-1897)*J*ohannes Brahms. Image courtesy of the [New York Public Library](http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?1106157)



 

 Biographical Entries Harvard Collections Online Scores Online Audio Other Resources 

## Biographical Entries

 

 

 [Grove Music Online](http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/subscriber/article/grove/music/51879)



 



 

 

 

## Harvard Collections

 

 

 **Critical Editions (these sites cannot be reached)**

 [Sämtliche Werke](http://discovery.lib.harvard.edu/?hreciid=%7Clibrary/m/aleph%7C001486602). Edited by the [Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien](http://www.a-wgm.com/) (1926-27).

 [Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke](http://discovery.lib.harvard.edu/?hreciid=%7Clibrary/m/aleph%7C007038195). Edited by the [Johannes Brahms Gesamtausgabe e.V., Editionsleitung Kiel](http://www.brahmsausgabe.uni-kiel.de/), in Verbindung mit der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien (1996-).



 



 

 

 

## Online Scores

 

 

 [Brahms-Institut Digitale Bestände](http://www.brahms-institut.de/web/digibest.html). Scans of photographs, early editions, etc.

 [Brahms Manuscripts from the Library of Congress](http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/search?view=thumbnail&query=Brahms,%20Johannes&submit=GO&sort=titlesort&field=all&fmt=scoresketch). Selections from the library's collections; not all manuscripts are available online.

 [*Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Klavierbeglietung*](http://www.dlib.indiana.edu/variations/scores/bgn9130/index.html) (high voice, Edition Peters)



 



 

 

 

## Online Audio

 

 

   ![Harvard](/sites/g/files/omnuum11456/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/poetry-at-harvard/files/icon_harvard.jpg?itok=bQkIgKNB) 

 

[Naxos Music Library](http://harvard.naxosmusiclibrary.com.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/composer/btm.asp?composerid=27097)

 



 

 

 

## Other Resources

 

 

 [Brahms at the Lied and Art Song Texts Page](http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_settings.html?ComposerId=3535) The discovery.lib.harvard.edu url no longer works.

 Clive, Peter. [Brahms and His World: A Biographical Dictionary](http://discovery.lib.harvard.edu/?hreciid=%7Clibrary/m/aleph%7C010166599).

 McCorkle, Margit L. [Johannes Brahms: thematisch-bibliographisches Werkverzeichnis](http://discovery.lib.harvard.edu/?hreciid=%7Clibrary/m/aleph%7C001181298). Edited by Donald M. McCorkle.

 Ophüls, Gustav, ed. [Brahms-Texte: sämtliche von Johannes Brahms vertonten und bearbeiteten Texte](http://discovery.lib.harvard.edu/?hreciid=%7Clibrary/m/aleph%7C001106587). Also available as online [full text](http://books.google.com/books?id=9N85AAAAIAAJ&source=gbs_ViewAPI).

 Platt, Heather. [Johannes Brahms: A Guide to Research](http://discovery.lib.harvard.edu/?hreciid=%7Clibrary/m/aleph%7C009090670).

 Quigley, Thomas. [Johannes Brahms: An Annotated Bibliography of the Literature through 1982](http://discovery.lib.harvard.edu/?hreciid=%7Clibrary/m/aleph%7C001906794).

 Quigley, Thomas. [Johannes Brahms: An Annotated Bibliography of the Literature from 1982 to 1996.](http://discovery.lib.harvard.edu/?hreciid=%7Clibrary/m/aleph%7C007780404)

 Stark, Lucien. [A Guide to the Solo Songs of Johannes Brahms](http://discovery.lib.harvard.edu/?hreciid=%7Clibrary/m/aleph%7C005221351). Texts, translations, and commentary.