Johannes Brahms
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Wiesbaden...Presley - she was 14 years old at the time, Elvis was 24. In the 19th century, visitors to the Wiesbaden's famous hot springs included Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Johannes Brahms. Brahms' Symphony No. 3 (Op. 90) was composed in Wiesbaden... In this article: Nassau, Mainz, Rhine, Ludwig Beck, Nassau, Adolf Hitler, House of Nassau, and World War II |
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The University Daily Kansan | October 07, 2009
Get some culture: Orquestra de Sao Paulo
...while they play, Abdullah says. The international ensemble will cover traditional European territory with a rendition of Johannes Brahms' "Symphony No. 2" but it will also play "Encantamento" and "Tres Dancas Brasileiras para Orquestra,"...
In this article: Evelyn Glennie, Camargo Guarnieri, and Sao Paulo, Brazil
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National Public Radio | August 11, 2009
Brahms 4th Symphony At Full Strength
...Symphony At Full Strength *a weekly guide to essential classics* In the final movement of his Fourth Symphony, Johannes Brahms releases a pent-up tide of emotion. August 11, 2009 - The character of the Fourth Symphony has been...
In this article: Carlos Kleiber, Vienna Philharmonic, and Erich Kleiber
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Wikipedia | October 26, 2009
Fragile (Yes album)
...version by the Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, and a 180 gram vinyl LP version by Steve Hoffman, issued on Analogue Productions. "Cans and Brahms (Extracts from Brahms' 4th Symphony in E Minor, Third Movement)" (Brahms, arranged Wakeman) - 1:38
In this article: Rick Wakeman, Fragile, Olias of Sunhillow, The Yes Album, Jon Anderson, Roger Dean, Tony Kaye, Yes, and Atlantic
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thestar.com | September 25, 2009
Bell and the TSO: sweet synchronicity
...enjoyed a moment of sweet synchronicity. The orchestra, led by music director Peter Oundjian followed up with a textbook-solid rendition of the Symphony No. 2, which Brahms composed the year before. The conductor laid out the music's broad...
In this article: Joshua Bell, World's Finest, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Peter Oundjian, Roy Thomson Hall, and John Estacio
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Joseph Joachim
..., which he studied with the composer. Joachim played a pivotal role in the career of Brahms , and remained a tireless advocate of Brahms's compositions through all the vicissitudes of their friendship. He conducted the English premiere of...
In this article: Joseph Joachim, Violin Concerto, Franz Liszt, Paul Wittgenstein, Clara Schumann, and Felix Mendelssohn
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New Yorker: Everything | October 04, 2009
Yoni Brenner: Program Notes
...resumed the headlock. Even though Symphony No. 2 is believed to be Brahms's first symphonic work, the composer demonstrates a sure hand from the outset, with a glowing thematic statement from the horns. The flutes answer with a supple...
In this article: Franz Liszt, Symphony No. 2, Sandwich, Orchestration, Swan Lake, Romeo and Juliet, and Anxiety
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Johannes Brahms
...of programme music. Brahms venerated Beethoven : in the composer's home, a marble bust of Beethoven looked down on the spot where he composed, and some passages in his works are reminiscent of Beethoven's style. The main theme of the...
In this article: Robert Schumann, Ludwig van Beethoven, Hamburg, Johann Sebastian Bach, Franz Liszt, Vienna, Richard Wagner, Clara Schumann, and Arnold Schoenberg
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The Red and Black | September 09, 2009
University Symphony Orchestra plays Stravinsky, Brahms
...wrote his Symphony in Three Movements in 1945. Brahms' Concerto is structured like a symphony with four movements, and, with a limited focus on the solo piano, is orchestral in its scope. Stravinsky's Symphony is structured like a...
In this article: Igor Stravinsky and Symphony in Three Movements
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Riccardo Chailly
...and Anton Bruckner. More recently, with the Gewandhaus Orchestra, Chailly has led recordings of Felix Mendelssohn, Johannes Brahms, and the Robert Schumann symphonies in the re-orchestrations by Gustav Mahler. In the United States,...
In this article: Riccardo Chailly, Gustav Mahler, Dmitri Shostakovich, Salzburg Festival, Gewandhausorchester, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Anton Bruckner, Amsterdam, Philadelphia Orchestra, and Cleveland Orchestra
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Johannes Brahms (pronounced [joːˈhanəs ˈbʁaːms]) (May 7, 1833 – April 3, 1897), composer and pianist, was one of the leading musicians of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria, where he was a leader of the musical scene. In his lifetime, Brahms's popularity and influence were considerable; following a comment by the nineteenth century conductor Hans von Bülow, he is sometimes grouped with Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven as one of the Three Bs.
Brahms composed for piano, for chamber ensembles, for symphony orchestra, and for voice and chorus. An accomplished pianist, he gave the first performance of many of his own works; he also worked with the leading performers of his time, including the virtuoso pianist Clara Schumann and the violinist Joseph Joachim. Many of his works have become staples of modern concert repertoire. Brahms, an uncompromising perfectionist, destroyed many more works than he published.
Brahms was at once a traditionalist and an innovator. His music is firmly rooted in the structures and compositional techniques of the Baroque and classical masters. He was a master of counterpoint, the complex and highly disciplined method of composition for which Bach is famous. Yet within these structures, Brahms created bold new approaches to harmony and timbre which challenged existing notions of tonal music. His contribution and craftsmanship has been admired by subsequent figures as diverse as Arnold Schoenberg and Edward Elgar. Brahms's works were a starting point and an inspiration for a generation of composers, including Schoenberg, who eventually abandoned tonality.
- Birth Date:
- May 07, 1833
- Birthplace:
- Hamburg, Germany
- Death Date:
- April 03, 1897
- Place of Death:
- Vienna, Austria
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