Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms was a German composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor of the mid-Romantic period. His music is noted for its rhythmic vitality and freer treatment of dissonance, often set within studied yet expressive contrapuntal textures. He adapted the traditional structures and techniques of a wide historical range of earlier composers.
Background
- Born in
- Hamburg
- Awards
- 🏆 honorary citizen of Hamburg🏆 Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal🏆 honorary doctorate from the University of Cambridge🏆 honorary doctor of the University of Wrocław🏆 Order of Leopold
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"It always saddens me to think that after all I am not yet a proper musician; but I have more aptitude for the calling than probably many of the younger generation have as a rule. It gets knocked out o…"
"The Lied and Art Song Texts Page created and maintained by Emily Ezust Texts of the Lieder of Brahms with translations in various languages."
"I wish I could write to you as tenderly as I love you and tell you all the good things that I wish you. You are so infinitely dear to me, dearer than I can say... If things go on much longer as they a…"
"There is so much that is true in your letter — if not all— and I must confess that with remorse and regret; but with pleasure and satisfaction I realise how kind it is — only an angel like you could h…"
"High on the mountain, deep in the valley, I greet you a thousandfold."
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Timeline
1833
Born
Birth1897
Died
Death
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