Romantic · 1868
Wiegenlied (Brahms's Lullaby), Op. 49 No. 4
J. BrahmsOp. 49 No. 4
- Key
- Eb
- Time
- 3/4
- Tempo
- ♩=76
- AO focus
- AO2
Incipit
Form
Strophic art-song — two verses with the same melody. Originally for voice + piano, often adapted for solo piano.
Teaching points
- Triple meter, gentle dotted rhythm — universal lullaby idiom
- Range of a 9th — singable for most amateur sopranos
- Cross-rhythm: vocal melody hemiolas against the piano accompaniment in bars 9–10