Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	4 songs
Composition Year	1877 ca. (No.1), 1884 ca. (Nos.2-4)
Genre Categories	Quartets; For 4 voices, piano; For voices with keyboard; [7 more...]Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the soprano voice; Scores featuring the alto voice; Scores featuring the tenor voice; Scores featuring the bass voice; Scores featuring the piano; German language

Work Title	4 Quartets
Alternative. Title
Composer	Brahms, Johannes
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.	Op.92
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.	IJB 100
Key	see below
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	4 songs: O schöne Nacht! Andante con moto Spätherbst. Andante Abendlied. Andante Warum? Lebhaft
Text Incipit	4 songs Am Himmel märchenhaft erglänzt Der graue Nebel tropft so still Friedlich bekämpfen Warum doch erschallen
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1877 ca. (No.1), 1884 ca. (Nos.2-4)
First Performance.	1885-01-28, Krefeld (No.1) 1889-02-04, Frankfurt (Nos.2, 4)
First Publication.	1884 (December) Berlin: N. Simrock, Plates 8474-8477, 28 pages
Librettist	see below Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800–1875) Hermann Allmers (1821–1902) Friedrich Hebbel (1813–1863) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832)
Language	German
Average DurationAvg. Duration	11 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	soprano, alto, tenor, bass, piano
External Links	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

4 Quartets, Op.92 (Brahms, Johannes)

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