SONG · INTERMEDIATE PUBLIC DOMAIN

Brahms' Lullaby

Johannes Brahms · also known as Wiegenlied, Guten Abend, gute Nacht, Cradle Song

Play the song

0:00 0:36 · ♩ = 84

BRAHMS' LULLABY — MELODY + ACCOMPANIMENT Engraved with Verovio (verovio.org)

DIFFICULTY: Intermediate
BARS: 17
SECTIONS: 3
TEMPO: ♩ = 84
MELODY NOTES: 51
PARTS: Melody + chords

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Johannes Brahms, Wiegenlied, Op. 49 No. 4 (published 1868). Public domain. Melody encoded from the LilyPond score published in the Wikipedia article "Wiegenlied (Brahms)"; its two written grace-note ornaments are omitted — they take no metred time, and the note grid cannot hold them.

Public-domain song — the basis above is why it is free for everyone.

Ask Merlin the Bard to teach you this song →

Merlin the Bard is Rithm's AI music tutor — free with an account.

Learn to read music like this →

The note-reading game — free, no account needed.