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Johannes Brahms 1833 - 1897

Johannes Brahms 1833 - 1897. House where Brahms was born in Hamburg - the Brahms apartment was on the first floor second of three children born to a poor double-bass player began playing piano in public around age 6

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Johannes Brahms 1833 - 1897

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  1. Johannes Brahms1833 - 1897 • House where Brahms was born in Hamburg - the Brahms apartment was on the first floor • second of three children born to a poor double-bass player • began playing piano in public around age 6 • his younger brother, Fritz, who was also an aspiring musician, was known as the “Wrong” Brahms

  2. Johannes Brahms1833 - 1897 • Introduced to Liszt in 1853, but not impressed • introduced to Schumann the same year and became close friends • loved Clara Schumann, but never married her • 1859 - first performance of d minor piano concerto - not a success

  3. Johannes Brahms1833 - 1897 • music played by Clara Schumann (piano) and Joseph Joachim (violin) • moved to Vienna in 1863 • 1868 - The German Requiem - with this work he became the leading composer in Europe • 1876 - Symphony No. 1 • 1877 - honorary doctorate from Cambridge

  4. Johannes Brahms1833 - 1897 • in the next 10 years - • three more symphonies • Violin Concerto • Second Piano Concerto • Double Concerto • many smaller works • 1896 - Clara Schumann dies • Brahms falls ill, cancer, dies in 1897 • Dvorak was a pallbearer at his funeral

  5. Johannes BrahmsSymphony No. 1 in c minor, Op. 68 • began in 1855, completed in 1876 • “You don’t know what it is like to be dogged by that giant” • enthusiastically received • hailed as Beethoven’s heir • called “The Tenth”

  6. Brahms: A German Requiem • A German Requiem: 4th movement “How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place”

  7. Brahms • German • worked in Vienna • traditionalist • studied with Robert Schumann • loved Clara Schumann • preferred absolute forms • genres • orchestral • piano • chamber music • Lieder • choral music

  8. Brahms: A German Requiem • 1868 • Requiem for performance in the Protestant Church • 4 - part Chorus, Soloists, Orchestra • 7 Movements • German Language • Texts chosen from Old and New Testaments as well as other Biblical sources • Composed as a memorial for his Mother and for Robert Schumann

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