BRAHMS, JOHANNES

Brahms, Johannes: translation

(7 May 1833, Hamburg – 3 April 1897, Vienna)

Chiefly renowned for his symphonies, chamber music, piano works, andLieder, Brahms also composed works for chorus, both accompanied (twomotetsfor women’s voices, two for mixed voices, and one "sacred song") and unaccompanied (seven motets, seven {}Marienlieder, and six sacred choruses). Most of these were composed for choral societies and exhibit Brahms’ mastery ofcanonictechniques learned from extensive study of thestile antico. He also contributed substantially to theorganrepertory: 11chorale preludes, three preludes andfugues, and a single fugue. His best known sacred work, by far, isA German Requiem.