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Aims and achievements of Johannes Brahms. Brahms’s music complemented and counteracted the rapid growth of Romantic individualism in the second half of the 19th century. He was a traditionalist in the sense that he greatly revered the subtlety and power of movement displayed by Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven, with an added influence from Franz Schubert.
Johannes Brahms. Johannes Brahms (May 7, 1833 – April 3, 1897) was a German composer from what is known as the Romantic period, who predominantly lived in Vienna, Austria. Brahms was considered by many to be the "successor" to Beethoven, and his first symphony was described by Hans von Bülow as “Beethoven's tenth symphony,” a sobriquet ...
NARRATOR: The great German composer Johannes Brahms was a cheerful soul and had a particular affinity to nature. His philosophy in life was that music requires peace and quiet. And he couldn't find it anywhere better than in nature. Johannes Brahms was well off by the standards of the time and so could afford for himself this bit of freedom.
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Johannes Brahms ( German: [ joˈhanəs ˈbʁaːms]; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, pianist, and conductor of the mid- Romantic period. Born in Hamburg into a Lutheran family, he spent much of his professional life in Vienna. He is sometimes grouped with Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven as one of the "Three Bs ...
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Johannes Brahms (photo: Tully Potter) Born: May 7, 1833, Hamburg, Germany. Died: April 3, 1897, Vienna, Austria. Eduard Marxsen, who taught the young Brahms, heard of Mendelssohn’s death in 1847 and said: ‘A master of the art is gone; a greater one arises in Brahms,’ a remarkably accurate prediction to make about a 14-year-old student.
Johannes Brahms. One of the big "Three B's" of the classical music world, Johannes Brahms is most widely known by modern audiences for his melodic lullaby, but his influence goes much further afield than simple children's tunes. The son of a lower middle class family, Brahms was born in Hamburg of the early 19th century; a scruffy port city ...
