Something of the esteem in which Brahms was held can be seen by the large number of works dedicated to him by other composers. In a small notebook now at the Wienbibliothek im Rathaus, Brahms himself kept an ongoing handwritten list of dedications (headed “Widmungen”) of these titles; the list runs to seventy-eight musical entries, plus four books and one collection of prints. In his own extensive library, Brahms had copies of most of these works, no doubt sent to him by the authors (see Kurt Hofmann, Die Bibliothek von Johannes Brahms [Hamburg, 1974], esp. the segment “Johannes Brahms’ Musikbibliothek,” compiled by Alfred Orel, 139–66, which transcribes Brahms’s own catalogue of his music collection). The following list presents the titles of musical works and other books bearing printed dedications to Brahms. It has been compiled primarily from Brahms’s own handwritten list and catalogue, supplemented by further research (which has also turned up several works written in his memory soon after his death). Where possible, each title has been verified independently in printed bibliographic sources. Full names, dates of publication, keys, performing forces, and opus numbers have been supplied when locatable (Brahms’s own list has few such details). The sequence of musical titles follows principally that of Brahms’s own “Widmungen” inventory, which was compiled in the order in which he received the items and thus is essentially chronological. One can reasonably assume that a work for which no date is available was published at a time very close to that of a dated work near it on the list. Some works by the same composer have, however, been grouped together; and some works for which a date of publication was found have been placed nearer other works of that date. Where titles are specific or unique, I have tended to leave them in the original language. Generic titles like “Clavierstücke” or “Quintett” (or even “Romanze”) have normally been translated.
The title page of WoldemarBargiel, Fantasy no. 3 for piano (1860), dedicated to Brahms.
Art
Max Klinger, Amor und Psyche [46 prints] (Munich, 1880)
Books
Gustav Wendt [trans.], Sophocles’s Tragödien (Stuttgart, 1884)
Adalbert Kupferschmied, Linguistisch-kulturhistorische Skizzen und Bilder aus der deutschen Steiermark (Karlsruhe, 1888)
Eduard Hanslick, Musikalisches Skizzenbuch: Neue Kritiken und Schilderungen. Die Moderne Oper, part 4 (Berlin, 1888)
Hugo Riemann, Katechismus der Kompositionslehre: Musikalische Formenlehre (Leipzig, 1889)
Hedwig Kiesenkamp [pseud. L. Rafael], Ebbe und Fluth: Gedichte (Leipzig, 1896)
Music
Robert Schumann, Concert-Allegro mit Introduction, piano and orchestra, D Minor-Major, op. 134 (1855)
Clara Schumann, Three Romances, piano, op. 21 (1855)
Robert Schumann, Des Sängers Fluch (Uhland), Ballade for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, op. 139 (1858)
Woldemar Bargiel, Fantasie no. 3, piano, C Minor, op. 19 (1860)
Joseph Joachim, Hungarian Concerto, violin, D Minor, op. 11 (1861)
Carl G. P. Gradener, Piano Trio no. 2, E-flat Major, op. 35
Adolf Jensen, Fantasiestücke, piano, op. 7
Adolf Jensen, Piano Sonata, F-sharp Minor, op. 25
Johann Peter Gotthardt, Ave Maria, tenor, men’s chorus, organ, op. 39
Johann Peter Gotthardt, 10 Pieces in Dance Form, piano four hands, op. 58
Ferdinand Thierot, Trio, F Minor, op. 14
Georg Heinrich Witte, Waltzes, piano four hands, op. 7
Ernst Rudorff, Fantasie, piano, G Minor, op. 14 (1869)
Max Bruch, Symphony, E-flat Major, op. 28 (1870)
R. Schweida, 7 Piano Pieces, op. 7
Karl Reinthaler, In der Wüste (Psalm 63), chorus and orchestra, op. 26
Albert Dietrich, Symphony, D Minor, op. 20 (1870)
Anna von Dobjansky, Nocturnes, piano, op. 2 (1870)
Hermann Goetz, Piano Quartet, E Major, op. 6 (1870)
Louis Bödecker, Variations on a Theme by Schubert, piano, op. 3 (1871)
Julius Otto Grimm, Suite no. 2 in Canonic Form, orchestra, op. 16 (1871)
Josef Rheinberger, 2 Claviervorträge, op. 45 (1871)
Franz Wüllner, Miserere, double choir and soloists, op. 26
Karl Tausig, arr., Chorale Preludes by Bach (1873)
Julius Stockhausen, Four Songs (1873)
Heinrich Hoffmann, Hungarian Suite, orchestra, op. 16 (1877)
Stefanie Gräfin Wurmbrand, Three Piano Pieces
Karl Goldmark, Frühlingshymne, alto, chorus, and orchestra, op. 23 (1875)
Xaver Scharwenka, Romanzero, piano, op. 33 (1876)
Theodor Kirchner, Waltzes, piano, op. 23 (1876)
Bernhard Scholz, String Quintet, op. 47 (1878)
J. Carl Eschmann, Licht und Schatten, 6 piano pieces, op. 62
Hans Huber, Waltzes, piano four hands, violin, cello, op. 27 (1878)
Otto Dessoff, String Quartet, F Major, op. 7 (1878)
Ferdinand Hummel, Suite, piano four hands, op. 17
Vincenz Lachner, 12 Ländler (1879 or 1880)
Georg Henschel, Serbisches Liederspiel, op. 32 (1879)
Robert Fuchs, Piano Trio, C Major, op. 22 (1879)
Adolf Wallnöfer, Grenzen der Menschheit (Goethe), alto or baritone solo, mixed chorus, and orchestra, op. 10 (1879)
Constantin Bürgel, Variations on an Original Theme, piano four hands, op. 30 (1879)
J. Gustav Eduard Stehle, 5 Motets, op. 44
Antonin Dvorák, String Quartet, D Minor, op. 34 (1877)
J. C. Gegenbauer, Transcription de mélodies hongroises, op. 10
Fran Serafin Vilhar, Albumblätter
Karl Nawratil, Piano Trio, E-flat Major, op. 9 (1881)
Leander Schlegel, Ballades, piano, op. 2
Philipp Wolfrum, Organ Sonata no. 3, F Minor (1883)
Rudolf Bibl, Klavierstücke in Romanzenton, op. 45
Algernon B. L. Ashton, Englische Tänze, piano four hands, op. 10 (1883)
Eduard Marxsen, 100 Variations on a Folk Song, piano (1883)
Charles Villiers Stanford, Songs of Old Ireland (1884)
Heinrich von Herzogenberg, Three String Quartets, op. 42 (1884)
Jean Louis Nicodé, Symphonic Variations, orchestra, C Minor, op. 27
Ernst Seyffardt, Schicksalsgesang (Geibel), alto solo, mixed chorus, and orchestra, op. 13
Ferruccio Busoni, Six Etudes, piano, op. 16 (1883)
Ferruccio Busoni, Etude: Tema e Variazioni, piano, op. 17 (1884)
Richard von Perger, String Quartet, G Minor, op. 8 (1886)
Samuel de Lange, Organ Sonata no. 5, C Minor, op. 50 (1887)
Fritz Kauffmann, String Quartet, G Major, op. 14
Anton Urspruch, Ave maris stella, chorus and orchestra, op. 24
Emil Kreuz, Lieder, opp. 1 & 2
Giulio E. A. Alary, String Sextet, op. 35
Anton Rückauf, Piano Quintet, F Major, op. 13
Niccolò van Westerhout, Piano Sonata
Richard Barth, Partita, solo violin, op. 10
Johann Strauss, Jr., Waltzes, Seid umschlungen Millionen, op. 443 (1892)
Elie-Miriam Delaborde, Morceau romantique (Quintet)
Eugen d’Albert, String Quartet, E-flat Major, op. 11 (1893)
Josef Suk, Piano Quintet, G Minor, op. 8 (1893)
Reinhold Stockhardt, Three Piano Pieces, op. 10
Walter Rabl, Piano Quartet (with clarinet), E-flat Major, op. 1
Vitezslav Novák, Eclogen, Four Piano Pieces, op. 11
Julius Röntgen, Ballade on a Norwegian Folk Melody, orchestra, op. 36 (1896)
Karel Bendl, Rosenlieder, three-part women’s chorus and piano, op. 121
Arthur Hinton, Weisse Rosen (Josef Huggenberger), 6 Lieder
Otto Barblan, Passacaglia, organ, op. 6
Hans Schmitt, Brilliant Piano Etudes, op. 65
Eugen Philips, Piano Trio no. 2, D Major, op. 28
Heinrich von Herzogenberg, Piano Quartet no. 2, B-flat Major, op. 95 (1897)
Marco Anzoletti, Variations on a Theme of Brahms, violin and piano
Carl Reinecke, Sonata no. 3, cello and piano, G Major, op. 238. “To the memory of Johannes Brahms” (1898)
Max Reger, Rhapsody, piano, E Minor, op. 24, no. 6. “To the memory of Johannes Brahms” (1899)
Max Reger, “Resignation,” piano, op. 26, no. 5. “3. April 1897—J. Brahms†” (1899)