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May 7, 2024 · Hungarian Dance No.1. Johannes Brahms (pronounced joːˈhanəs ˈbʁaːms; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer and pianist, and one of the leading musicians of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria, where he was a leader of the musical scene.
Johannes Brahms was born in Hamburg, Germany, on May 7, 1833, the son of Johann Jakob and Christina Nissen Brahms. His father, an innkeeper and a musician of moderate ability, taught him to play violin and piano. When Brahms was six years old he created his own method of writing music in order to get the melodies he created on paper.
Brahms's father, Johann Jakob Brahms (1806–72), came to Hamburg from Dithmarschen, seeking a career as a town musician. He was proficient in several instruments, but found employment mostly playing the horn and double bass.
the visit to Vienna of Brahms’s father in the later 1860s. Brahms made many entreaties to his father to visit him in Vienna, and Johann Jakob finally agreed to come in 1867. In a letter of 23 July, Brahms gave his father detailed instructions on making the journey by train, including a schedule that showed
As Johann Jakob prospered, the family moved over the years to ever better accommodation in Hamburg. Johannes Brahms was born in 1833; his sister Elisabeth (Elise) had been born in 1831 and a younger brother Fritz Friedrich (Fritz) was born in 1835.
Dec 19, 2023 · Brahms was born on May 7, 1833, in Hamburg, Germany, to Johann Jakob Brahms and Johanna Henrika Christiane Nissen. His Father Was In The Hamburg Philharmonic February 26, 2010 – Double bass left on stage.
His father, Johann Jakob, played the double bass in the Hamburg city orchestra. His mother, who was 17 years older than her husband, came from a middle-class family who had fallen upon hard times: she had been Johann Brahms's housekeeper. Their second child Johannes was born on 7 May 1833. Early years
