Johannes Brahms

"The Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24" is Johannes Brahms' 1861 solo piano composition comprising twenty-five variations and a single concluding fugue. It is based on a theme from George Frideric Handel's "Harpsichord Suite No. 1 in B-flat major, HWV 434". This modern republication features large, clear note heads and wide margins, making it ideal for studying and following the music. Johannes Brahms (1833—1897) was a seminal German...

This treasury of 38 works for solo piano spans 40 years of Brahms's long and prolific life and includes the "Edward" ballade; 2 capriccios; 7 Hungarian Dances; 6 intermezzos; 3 rhapsodies; 16 waltzes; Sonata No. 3; and the complete Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel and Variations on a Theme by Paganini.

This superb selection includes full scores of four great standards of the repertoire: Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34; Quartet in G Minor, Op. 25; Quartet in A Major, Op. 26; Quartet in C Minor, Op. 60. Includes translation of Editor's Commentary.

Composer Johannes Brahms took an independent approach to writing for the orchestra, bringing an unusual power and intensity to his works. These qualities are strikingly evident in his Academic Festival Overture, Tragic Overture, and Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn. All are reproduced here from the authoritative Breitkopf and Härtel editions.