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‘’JOHANNES BRAHMS’’
Johannes Brahms was a German
composer, pianist, and conductor of the
Romantic period. He was Born in
Hamburg into a Lutheran Family,
Brahms spent much of his professional
life in Vienna, Austria.
Born on; May 07, 1833 Hamburg
Germany
Died on; April 03, 1897, Vienna Austria
Education; University of Music and
Performing Arts, Vienna
Influenced by; Ludwig Van Beethoven,
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Robert
Schumann.
Notable Works
‘’Symphony No.1 in C Minor, Op. 68’’
‘’Academic Festival Overture Op. 80’’
‘’Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op.
56’’
‘’Serenade No.1 in D Major, Op. 11’’
‘’Violin Concerto in D Major, Op.77’’
‘’A German Requiem’’
‘’Hungarian Dances’’
‘’Liebeslieder waltzes’’
‘’Symphony No. 4 in E Minor’’
‘’Symphony No.3 in F Major’’
MOVEMENT / STYLE
Romanticism
CATEGORIES
Musical composition
 Conducting
Instrumentalists
He wrote symphonies, concerti, chamber
music, piano works, choral compositions,
and more than 200 songs. Brahms was
the great master of symphonic and sonata
style in the second half of the 19th
century. He can be viewed as the
protagonists of the classical tradition of
Joseph Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven in
a period when the standards of this
tradition were being questioned or
overtuned by the romantics.
He is the son of Jakob Brahms, an
impecunious horn and double bass
player, Johannes showed early promise
as a pianist. He first studied music with
his father and at age seven, was sent for
piano lessons to F.W. Cossel, who three
years later passed him to his own teacher
Eduard Marxsen. Between ages 14 and16
Brahms earned money to help his family
in rough inns in the dock area of
Hamburg and meanwhile composing and
sometimes giving recitals. 1850 he met
Eduard Remenyi , a jewish Hungarian
violinist with whom he gave concerts and
whom he learned somrthing of roma
[gypsy] music an influence that remained
with him always.
In between these two appointments in
Vienna Brahms work flourished and
some of his most significant works were
composed. The year 1868 witnessed the
completion of his famous choral work
Ein Deutsces Requiem [ a German
requiem] which had occupied him since
Schumann’s death. This work based on
biblical texts selected by the composer
made a strong impact at its first
performance at Bremen on good Friday
1868; after this it was performed
throughout Germany with the requiem
which still most famous choral work. He
write many famous works in romantic
period he even inspired and collaboration
to felix mendelsson and Franz Schubert
who was famous as a composers of
romantic period of time
All of his works are remembered and
famous until now and for the next and
future generations with the others
composers such as Franz Schubert, Felix
Mendelsson, Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart, Joseph Haydn and many more
famous composers of romantic period of
time.

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