Johannes Brahms' Liebeslieder Waltzes are distributed across two opus numbers: 52 and 65. The waltzes are a collection of love songs in Ländler style for voices and four hands piano. The lyrics for the Liebeslieder come from Georg Friedrich Daumer's Polydora collection of folk songs and love poems. While there is no concrete record indicating the exact inspiration for the Waltzes, there is speculation that Brahms' motivation for the songs was his frustrated love for pianist Clara Schumann, composer Robert Schumann's wife.
| Librettist | Georg Friedrich Daumer (after traditional folksongs) |
| Date of composition | 1869 |
| Premiered | 1870, January 5th |
| First published | 1869, N. Simrock in Berlin, Germany |
| Type | Waltz |
| Catalogue | Op. 52 |
| Approx. duration | 22 minutes |
| Spoken language | German |
| Instruments |
Voice
- Solo voices ;
Piano - Duet ; |
| Autotranslations beta |
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