Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dances (four hands)

About Johannes Brahms's Hungarian Dances (four hands)

In 1850, Brahms met the Hungarian violinist Remenyi, who introduced him to the music of the Hungarian gypsies. This proved a most fruitful introduction, the most popular result of which were the Hungarian Dances, composed originally for piano duet.
The works were to win immediate popularity. Brahms himself arranged the first ten dances for solo piano and orchestrated Nos. 1, 3 and 10  – Dvorák, to whom Brahms had given early encouragement, orchestrated the last five.
The dances make use of gypsy melodies, although there are three completely original compositions by Brahms, Nos. 11, 14 and 16. It seems that Wagner had the Hungarian Dances partly in his mind when he wrote with his usual acerbity "I know famous composers that you can meet at concert masquerades, one day in the guise of a ballad singer, the next in Handel´s Hallelujah wig, another time as a Jewish csardas player, and then again as genuine symphonists dressed up as number ten".

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Preview TitleKey Year Level
Hungarian Dance 1 in G Minor by Brahms piano sheet music AAB Hungarian Dance 1 24 G Minor 1869 8
Hungarian Dance 2 in D Minor by Brahms piano sheet music AAC Hungarian Dance 2 8 D Minor 1869 8+
Hungarian Dance 3 in F Major by Brahms piano sheet music AAD Hungarian Dance 3 17 F Major 1869 8
Hungarian Dance 4 in F Minor by Brahms piano sheet music AAE Hungarian Dance 4 18 F Minor 1869 8
Hungarian Dance 5 in F-sharp Minor by Brahms piano sheet music AAF Hungarian Dance 5 20 F-sharp Minor 1869 8
Hungarian Dance 6 in D-flat Major by Brahms piano sheet music AAG Hungarian Dance 6 6 D-flat Major 1869 8
Hungarian Dance 7 in A Major by Brahms piano sheet music AAH Hungarian Dance 7 29 A Major 1869 7
Hungarian Dance 8 in A Minor by Brahms piano sheet music AAI Hungarian Dance 8 30 A Minor 1869 8
Hungarian Dance 9 in E Minor by Brahms piano sheet music AAJ Hungarian Dance 9 14 E Minor 1869 7
Hungarian Dance 10 in E Major by Brahms piano sheet music AAK Hungarian Dance 10 13 E Major 1869 8+
Hungarian Dance 11 in D Minor by Brahms piano sheet music AAL Hungarian Dance 11 8 D Minor 1880 8
Hungarian Dance 12 in D Minor by Brahms piano sheet music AAM Hungarian Dance 12 8 D Minor 1880 8+
Hungarian Dance 13 in D Major by Brahms piano sheet music AAN Hungarian Dance 13 7 D Major 1880 8
Hungarian Dance 14 in D Minor by Brahms piano sheet music AAO Hungarian Dance 14 8 D Minor 1880 8+
Hungarian Dance 15 in B-flat Major by Brahms piano sheet music AAP Hungarian Dance 15 33 B-flat Major 1880 8+
Hungarian Dance 16 in F Minor by Brahms piano sheet music AAQ Hungarian Dance 16 18 F Minor 1880 7
Hungarian Dance 17 in F-sharp Minor by Brahms piano sheet music AAR Hungarian Dance 17 20 F-sharp Minor 1880 8
Hungarian Dance 18 in D Major by Brahms piano sheet music AAS Hungarian Dance 18 7 D Major 1880 8
Hungarian Dance 19 in B Minor by Brahms piano sheet music AAT Hungarian Dance 19 36 B Minor 1880 8+
Hungarian Dance 20 in E Minor by Brahms piano sheet music AAU Hungarian Dance 20 14 E Minor 1880 8
Hungarian Dance 21 in E Minor by Brahms piano sheet music AAV Hungarian Dance 21 14 E Minor 1880 8+