Editor: Ellwood Derr Fingering: Klaus Schilde Pages: 146 Dimensions : 24 x 31 x 0.5 cm

Ulrich Krämer (Editor) Pascal Rogé (Fingering) Urtext Edition, paperbound Pages 27 (VIII+19), Size 23,5 x 31,0 cm

The instrumental ballad was a popular musical form in the 19th century and these four pieces for piano are Brahms’s only contribution to the genre. The composer wrote the ballades during the time of his close friendship with Clara Schumann, and they exude an intimacy more typical of a vocal ballad. The pieces, which Schumann enthusiastically praised, were described by Brahms as being “not too difficult to play and even less difficult to understand.”

Editor: Ullrich Scheideler, Rudolf Elvers, Ernst Herttrich Fingering: Hans-Martin Theopold, Andreas Groethuysen Pages: 286