m Ph.D. in 1881; in 1886 he was created a knight of the Prussian order
_Pour le merite_, and in 1889 was presented with the freedom of his
native city. He died in Vienna on the 3rd of April 1897.

The works of Brahms may be summarized as follows:--Various _sacred
compositions for chorus_, op. 12, 13, 22, 27, 29, 30, 37, leading up to
op. 45, the "German Requiem" first performed at Bremen in 1868, and
subsequently completed by a soprano solo with chorus; the "Triumphlied"
in commemoration of the German victories of 1870-71; and some choral
songs and motets, op. 74, 109 and 110. _Secular choral works_, op. 17,
41, 42, 44, 50 ("Rinaldo" for tenor solo and male choir), 53
("Rhapsodie," alto solo and male choir), 54 ("Schicksalslied"), 62, 82
(Schiller's Nanie), 89 ("Gesang der Parzen"), 93, 104, 113. _Concerted
vocal-works_, op. 20, 28, 31, 52 ("Liebeslieder-Walzer"), 61, 64, 65
("Neue Liebeslieder"), 75, 92, 103, 112. _Solo songs_, nearly 300.
_Orchestral works_: four symphonies, op. 68, 73, 90 and 98; two
serenades, op. 11 and 16; two pianoforte concertos, op. 15 and 83, one
violin concerto, op. 77; concerto for violin and violoncello, op. 102;
variations on a theme by Haydn, op. 56; two overtures, "Academische
Festouverture," op. 80, and "Tragic Overture," op. 81. _Chamber music_:
two sextets, op. 18 and 36; quintet, piano and strings, op. 34, strings,
op. 88 and 111, clarinet and strings, op. 115; three string quartets,
op. 51 and 67, three quartets for piano and strings, op. 25, 26 and 60.
Three trios for piano and strings, op. 8, 87 and 101; trio for piano,
violin and horn, op. 40; piano, clarinet and violoncello, op. 114. Duet
sonatas, three for piano and violin, op. 78, 100 and 108; two for piano
and violoncello, op. 38 and 99; two for piano and clarinet, op. 120.
_Pianoforte solos_: three sonatas, op. 1, 2 and 5; scherzo, op. 4;
variations, op. 9, 21, 23, 24, 35; 4 ballads, op. 10; waltzes, op. 39;
two rhapsodies, op. 79; caprices and intermezzi, op. 76, 116, 117, 118
and 119. 5 _studies_ and 51 _Uebungen_ without opus-number, and a
_chorale-prelude and fugue_ for organ, besides four books of _Hungarian
Dances_ arranged for pianoforte duet.

Brahms has often been called the last of the great classical masters, in
a sense wider than that of his place in the long line of the great
composers of Germany. Though only the most superficial observers could
deny him the possession of qualities which distinguish the masters