3–6, are a song cycle for four singers (or choir) and piano by Johannes Brahms (Op.

1–7 and 11 exist also in an arrangement for solo voice and piano made by Brahms himself).

The first eleven pieces of the cycle, which formed some well-connected story, were put to music by Brahms either in his Thun summer of 1887 or in winter 1887/88 straight-away during a stay in Budapest.

103 was on 31 October 1888 in Berlin, with great success, although the presentation of the opus in a concert hall presented some bad feelings to the composer, since Brahms had conceived his opus genuinely for soloist quartets, and had thought of performances at home.

Nonetheless, the songs are also suited for (small) choirs, particularly in connection with the voluminous sound of modern pianos.