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Brahms: Waltzes, Op. 39

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  • Composer: Johannes Brahms
  • Editor: Walter Georgii
  • Publisher: G. Henle Verlag
  • Publisher Code: HN67
  • Instrumentation: Piano, 4-hands
  • Binding: Softcover
  • Pages: 20

In spring 1865 Brahms surprised his friends and acquaintances with 16 little waltzes for piano four-hands. He informed his friend the well-known critic Eduard Hanslick about this in April 1866, saying that his thoughts while writing them had been "of Vienna and its pretty girls" - which is also how they sound - light, cheerful, one is tempted to say "Schubertian." They still enjoy great popularity today, also for home music-making. Brahms also transcribed the waltzes for piano two hands (see editions HN 42, 43).