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- Rede, Mädchen, allzu liebes
- Am Gesteine rauscht die Flut
- O die Frauen
- Wie des Abends schöne Röte
- Die grüne Hopfenranke
- Ein kleiner, hübscher Vogel
- Wohl schön bewandt war es
- Wenn so lindt dein Auge mir
- Am Donaustrande
- O wie sanft die Quelle
- Nein, es ist nicht auszukommen
- Schlosser auf, und mache Schlösser
- Vögelein durchrauscht die Luft
- Sieh, wie ist die Quelle klar
- Nachtigall, sie singt so schön
- Ein dunkler Schacht ist Liebe
- Nicht wandle, mein Licht
- Es bebet das Gesträuche
About Liebeslieder-Walzer
Johannes Brahms' Liebeslieder Waltzes are a collection of love songs in Ländler style.
Originally scored for piano 4 hands and voices ad libitum (sic!), the piece can easily accommodate many different sized ensembles.
Although written in a popular style, the Liebeslieder Walzer do not lose Brahms’ compositional complexity.
The words are taken from Georg Friedrich Daumer’s "Polydora", a collection of folk songs and love poems (as is also the material for his op. 39 Waltzes and the op. 65 Neue Liebeslieder Waltzes).
Although today they are part of the standard choral repertoire, Brahms more likely intended them to be played in parlors or informal home gatherings rather than in concert halls. Immediately successful, these waltzes were responsible for much of his personal wealth, and solidified his reputation with the general music-buying public in Vienna and Europe.