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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.
- Early Life
- Breakthrough
- Character & Appearance
- Detmold to Vienna
- The Symphonies
- Brahms' Noted Works
- Brahm's Musical Style
- Death & Legacy
Johannes Brahms was born in Hamburg on 7 May 1833. His father was Johann Jakob Brahms who earned a living playing the double bass, first in more humble theatreorchestras and then as a member of the Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra. His mother, Christiane Nissen, earned a living as a seamstress and was 17 years older than his father, for whom she had ...
In 1853, Brahms joined with the Hungarian violinist Eduard Reményi (1830-1898) to tour German lands giving performances in various cities. It was this year that Brahms published his first of many songs, Liebestreu ('Faithful in Love'). In Hanover, the wandering musicians met the Hungarian violinist Joseph Joachim (1831-1907) – Brahms would later de...
Brahms was not an easy character to get along with. The music historian C. Schonberg notes that the composer was: According to one legend, Brahms once exclaimed as he left a room full of people in Vienna: "If I haven't offended someone here, I apologise!" (Hayes). The historian D. Arnold notes that it is difficult "to explain why he possessed so ma...
In 1857, Brahms premiered two serenades in the ducal court of Detmold (capital of the small principality of Lippe), where he had been appointed the musical director of the choir and orchestra. The composer had time to regularly return to his native Hamburg, where he initially concentrated on choral works which were performed by the female choir he ...
In 1876, Brahms completed his First Symphony, a work that had been two decades in the making. The reaction after its premiere in Vienna encouraged Brahms to begin work on his Second Symphony. The First Symphony was even popularly dubbed 'Beethoven's Tenth' (Beethoven composed nine symphonies in his lifetime), but the title, though flattering, is mi...
The most famous works by Johannes Brahms, with composition dates noted in brackets, include: 1. Four symphonies 2. Two piano concertos 3. Around 250 songs 4. Rinaldo(1868) 5. Deutsches Requiem(1868) 6. Alto Rhapsody(1869) 7. Triumphlied(1871) 8. St. Anthony Variations aka Variations on a Theme of Haydn(1873) 9. Violin Concerto (1878) 10. 21 Hungari...
Brahms was a great student of earlier music, he collected sheet music from all periods and was more aware of what had gone before in his field than the majority of his contemporaries. He was particularly influenced by Beethoven whose symphonies created models for all that followed. Brahms was also influenced by the lyricism of Franz Schubert (1797-...
In his final year, Brahms suffered from the effects of liver cancer (just as his father had done), and on 3 April 1897, he died in his home of a quarter of a century, number 4 Karlgasse, Vienna. In his home, Brahms had a bust of Beethoven and a picture of Bach above his bed. The third 'B' was buried in the main cemetery of Vienna. Not only did his ...
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May 7, 2024 · Birthplace: Hamburg-Altstadt, Hamburg-Mitte, Hamburg, Germany, Hamburg, Germany. Death: April 03, 1897 (63) Vienna, Wien Stadt, Vienna, Austria, Vienna, Austria (Cancer (liver or pancreas)) Place of Burial: Vienna, Austria. Immediate Family: Son of Johann Jacob Jacob Brahms and Johanna Henrika Christiana Brahms.
Jan 6, 2015 · Johannes Brahms (1833-1897). Photograph 1891 of the building in Hamburg where Brahms was born. Brahms’s family occupied part of the first floor (second floor to Americans), behind the two double windows on the left hand side. The building was destroyed by bombing in 1943. Johann Jakob gave his son his first musical training.
Johannes Brahms (7 May 1833–3 April 1897) was a German composer and pianist. Born in Hamburg into a Lutheran family, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria. In his lifetime, Brahms’s popularity and influence were considerable.
Johannes Brahms was born in Hamburg. His father, Johann Jakob Brahms, came to Hamburg from Schleswig-Holstein seeking a career as a town musician. He was proficient on several instruments but found employment mostly as a horn player and double bassist.
Johannes Brahms was born on May 7th 1833 in Hamburg, Germany. His father Johann Jakob, a double bass player in the Hamburg city orchestra, taught Johannes piano from the age of seven. With additional tutoring by Otto Cassel and Eduard Marxsen, Brahms’ talent on the piano developed quickly.
