page_title: Fest- und Gedenksprüche
hierarchical_section_title: Fest- und Gedenksprüche
caption_attribution_description: English: Portrait of Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
context_page_description: Fest- und Gedenksprüche, Op. 109, is a cycle of three motets for mixed double choir by Johannes Brahms. He completed the work, setting biblical verses to music, in 1889 and dedicated it to Carl Petersen. It was published in 1890 by Simrock.
  Its topic is related to the then-recent unification of Germany in 1871, and the music is suitable for commemorative national festivities.
context_section_description: Fest- und Gedenksprüche (Festival and Commemoration Sentences), Op. 109, is a cycle of three motets for mixed double choir by Johannes Brahms. He completed the work, setting biblical verses to music, in 1889 and dedicated it to Carl Petersen. It was published in 1890 by Simrock.
  Its topic is related to the then-recent unification of Germany in 1871, and the music is suitable for commemorative national festivities.
caption: The composer in 1885
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