Brahms was extremely fond of Johann Gottfried Herder's folk poetry collection Stimmen der V lker in Liedern (Voices of Nations in Songs) and based the Ballade, Op. 10, No. 1 on the 'Edward' ballade from this poetry collection. The remaining three Ballades of Op. 10 have no direct...
Piano Collection
Johannes Brahms 4 Ballades Op. 10 for piano solo. Edited by Carl Seemann and Kurt Stephenson. This authoritative edition is based on a comparison of the manuscripts used in compiling the original editions (supervised by Brahms himself) as well as the composer's own amendments...
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