Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	2 songs
Composition Year	1884 (No.1), 1863–64 (No.2)
Genre Categories	Songs; For voice, viola, piano; Scores featuring the voice; [15 more...]Scores featuring the alto voice; Scores featuring the viola; Scores featuring the piano; For voices with solo instruments; German language; For clarinet, viola, piano (arr); Scores featuring the clarinet (arr); Scores featuring the viola (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For 3 players (arr); For 2 violins, 2 violas, cello (arr); Scores featuring the violin (arr); Scores featuring the cello (arr); For 5 players (arr); For 5 violas (arr)

Work Title	2 Gesänge
Alternative. Title
Name Translations	Dos canciones, op. 91; Two Songs for Alto Voice, Viola and Piano, op. 91; due Lieder per contralto, viola e pianoforte; Zwei Gesänge für eine Altstimme mit Bratsche und Klavier; Dues cançons per a veu de contralt, amb viola i piano
Name Aliases	Two Songs for Voice, Viola and Piano, op. 91; Two songs for an alto voice with viola and piano, op. 91; two songs for alto, viola and piano; Two Songs for Voice, Viola and Piano; Zwei Gesänge für eine Altstimme mit Bratsche und Klavier, op. 91
Authorities	WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 186532809; LCCN: n82077845
Composer	Brahms, Johannes
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.	Op.91
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.	IJB 37
Key	see below
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	2 songs: Gestillte Sehnsucht. Adagio espressivo Geistliches Wiegenlied. Andante con moto
Text Incipit	In goldnen Abendschein getauchet Die ihr schwebet
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1884 (No.1), 1863–64 (No.2)
First Publication.	1884 (December) - Berlin: N. Simrock, Plates 8474-8476, 24 pages
Librettist	see below Friedrich Rückert (1788–1866) Emanuel Geibel (1815–1884) after Lope de Vega (1562–1635)
Language	German
Average DurationAvg. Duration	12 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	alto, viola, piano
External Links	Wikipedia article Wikipedia article (Spanish) KDH Listening Guide

[hide]Vocal Works by Johannes Brahms
Quartets with Keyboard 3 Quartets, Op.31 Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op.52 3 Quartets, Op.64 Neue Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op.65 4 Quartets, Op.92 Zigeunerlieder, Op.103 6 Quartets, Op.112	Voice with Keyboard 6 Songs, Op.3 6 Songs, Op.6 6 Songs, Op.7 Lieder and Romances, Op.14 5 Poems, Op.19 9 Lieder and Songs, Op.32 15 Romanzen aus L. Tiecks Magelone, Op.33 4 Songs, Op.43 4 Lieder, Op.46 5 Lieder, Op.47 7 Lieder, Op.48 5 Lieder, Op.49 8 Lieder and Songs, Op.57	8 Lieder and Songs, Op.58 8 Lieder and Songs, Op.59 9 Lieder and Songs, Op.63 9 Songs, Op.69 4 Gesänge, Op.70 5 Songs, Op.71 5 Songs, Op.72 5 Romances and Songs, Op.84 6 Lieder, Op.85 6 Lieder, Op.86 2 Gesänge, Op.91 5 Lieder, Op.94 7 Lieder, Op.95 4 Lieder, Op.96	6 Lieder, Op.97 Zigeunerlieder, Op.103 5 Lieder, Op.105 5 Lieder, Op.106 5 Lieder, Op.107 4 Serious Songs, Op.121 Mondnacht, WoO 21 Regenlied, WoO 23 49 Deutsche Volkslieder, WoO 33 15 Volkskinderlieder, WoO 31 28 Deutsche Volkslieder, WoO 32
Duets with Keyboard 3 Duets, Op.20 4 Duets, Op.28 4 Duets, Op.61 5 Duets, Op.66 4 Ballades and Romances, Op.75
			Voice unaccompanied Albumblatt für Clara Schumann

2 Gesänge, Op.91 (Brahms, Johannes)

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