Ballades, Op. 10

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Ballades, Op. 10 is a set of four piano ballades composed by Johannes Brahms, notable for their lyrical Romantic character and structural sophistication.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ballade in D minor 1
Ballades, Op. 10 canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Romantic piano composition ⓘ
set of piano pieces ⓘ
approximateCompositionPeriod 1854–1856 ⓘ
associatedWith early relationship of Brahms with the Schumann family ⓘ
basedOn Scottish ballad "Edward" (first ballade) ⓘ
catalogueNumber Op. 10 ⓘ
composer Johannes Brahms ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
dedicatedTo Julius Otto Grimm ⓘ
firstBalladeTitle Ballade in D minor ⓘ
linked to: Ballades, Op. 10
firstPublicationDate 1854s (mid-19th century) ⓘ
fourthBalladeTitle Ballade in B major ⓘ
genre ballade ⓘ
hasFormFeature motivic development across sections ⓘ
use of ternary and modified ternary forms ⓘ
hasStructure four independent but related character pieces ⓘ
hasWorkNumber WoO none (identified by opus only) ⓘ
includedInRepertoire standard Romantic piano repertoire ⓘ
influencedBy Frédéric Chopin ⓘ
Robert Schumann ⓘ
instrumentation solo piano ⓘ
keyOfFirstPiece D minor ⓘ
keyOfFourthPiece B major ⓘ
keyOfSecondPiece D major ⓘ
keyOfThirdPiece B minor ⓘ
keyScheme pairing of parallel minor and major keys (D minor/D major, B minor/B major) ⓘ
languageOfTitle German ⓘ
movementCount 4 ⓘ
notableCharacteristic interplay of narrative and song-like elements ⓘ
lyrical Romantic character ⓘ
rich harmonic language ⓘ
structural sophistication ⓘ
use of contrasting inner sections ⓘ
numberOfPieces 4 ⓘ
opusNumber Op. 10 ⓘ
placeInComposerOutput early piano work of Johannes Brahms ⓘ
publisher Breitkopf & Härtel ⓘ
recordingAvailability widely recorded ⓘ
secondBalladeTitle Ballade in D major ⓘ
stylePeriod Romantic ⓘ
thirdBalladeTitle Ballade in B minor ⓘ
typicalPerformanceDuration approximately 25 minutes ⓘ
typicalPerformer classical pianist ⓘ
typicalVenue concert hall ⓘ
yearComposed 1854 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Variations on a Theme by Schumann, Op. 9 → precedesInCatalogue → Ballades, Op. 10 ⓘ
Ballades, Op. 10 → firstBalladeTitle → Ballade in D minor ⓘ
linked to: Ballades, Op. 10