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Johannes Brahms
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Hamburg, Germany (1833 – 1897)
Johannes Brahms (7th May 1833–3rd April 1897) was a composer of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg, Germany, he eventually settled in Vienna, Austria.
Brahms wrote a number of major works for orchestra, including two serenades, four symphonies, two piano concertos, a Violin Concerto, a Double Concerto for violin and cello, and a pair of orchestral overtures, the Academic Festival Overture and the Tragic Overture.
His large choral work Ein deutsches Requiem (“A German Requiem”) is not a traditional, liturgical requiem (Missa pro defunctis), but a setting of texts which Brahms selected from the Lutheran Bible. The work was composed in three major periods of his life. An earlier version of the second movement was first composed in 1854, not long after Robert Schumann’s attempted suicide, and was later finished and used in his first piano concerto. The majority of the Requiem was composed after his mother’s death in 1865. The fifth movement was later added after the official premiere in 1868. The complete work was then published in 1869.
Brahms’s works in variation form include the Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel and the Paganini Variations, both for solo piano, and the Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn in versions for two pianos and for orchestra. The final movement of the Fourth Symphony (Op. 98) is also formally a set of variations.
Brahms wrote a number of major works for orchestra, including two serenades, four symphonies, two piano concertos, a Violin Concerto, a Double Concerto for violin and cello, and a pair of orchestral overtures, the Academic Festival Overture and the Tragic Overture.
His large choral work Ein deutsches Requiem (“A German Requiem”) is not a traditional, liturgical requiem (Missa pro defunctis), but a setting of texts which Brahms selected from the Lutheran Bible. The work was composed in three major periods of his life. An earlier version of the second movement was first composed in 1854, not long after Robert Schumann’s attempted suicide, and was later finished and used in his first piano concerto. The majority of the Requiem was composed after his mother’s death in 1865. The fifth movement was later added after the official premiere in 1868. The complete work was then published in 1869.
Brahms’s works in variation form include the Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel and the Paganini Variations, both for solo piano, and the Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn in versions for two pianos and for orchestra. The final movement of the Fourth Symphony (Op. 98) is also formally a set of variations.
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davidsakh wrote:
RAISIN BRAHMS!
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Ashona223 wrote:
love Johannes Brahms
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aliespirituzomg wrote:
I like his Vampire Ballade the most. Especially the gilttery moments.
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Arvar wrote:
Sorry, but Edarem with video hungarian dandce rules over Wagner and Brahms.
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ICreateMyOwn wrote:
Waltz A major Op. 39/15 is simply mindblowing and of a scarcely comprehensible beauty
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The_Director_ wrote:
Sorry, but Wagner rules over Brahms.
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gEEEERa wrote:
Oh my!!! Academic Festival Ouverture is out of this world!! fantastique!
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insomniacme wrote:
quartets, quintets and sextexts
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Gamester wrote:
Hey! Care to join the new "Classical and Romantic Music" group! Check it out and join if you like! :o)
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_johnny7 wrote:
3rd symphony - 3rd movement is so sad.. wonderful.
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untuk wrote:
4th symphony is love to my ears
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Northernwaste wrote:
His Hungarian Dance arrangements are just wonderful.
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Seavas wrote:
The second movement of the second Piano Concerto is so boss.
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Maquina_Muerte wrote:
brahms third racket ! john cleese my man...
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Xyresic wrote:
lol
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winslowwinslow wrote:
eating some raisin brahms right now.
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merrari wrote:
Yeah, he looks like Heath Ledger.
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Nightwork wrote:
what a stud
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whuffor wrote:
Listening to Sir Simon Rattle conducting the Berliner Philharmoniker in Brahm's Symphony No. 2 right now. This is how romantic music should sound like. Sensitive, taking into account all the small details in the music and still forceful when the time comes. A very thoughtful interpretation without being boring.
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scapino wrote:
If his music is as epic as his looks either young or old, I'll be his no1 fan.
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Muzycy Filharmonii Łódzkiej prezentują
Filharmonia Łódzka im. Artura Rubinsteina, Łódź, Poland
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"Ein deutsches Requiem" in der Fassung von Heinrich Poos für Klavier zu 4 Händen
Prinzregententheater, München, Munich, Germany
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Borodin Quartet: Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky and Brahms string quartets
Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne, Australia
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