Johannes Brahms(1833-1897)
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German Romantic composer Johannes Brahms was born in Hamburg in 1833
and died in Vienna, Austria in 1897. A perfectionist, he often compared
himself unfavorably to composers such as Beethoven and ended up
destroying many compositions without their ever being heard. While
basically conservative, he showed musical growth throughout his four
symphonies and occasionally borrowed wilder folk themes, such as in his
Hungarian Dances, and he explored a vast range of human emotion in his
Violin Concerto.
Although he never married, much of his later life involved a seemingly unending devotion to Clara Schumann, widow of composer Robert Schumann - both of whom were long-time friends to Brahms.
Although he never married, much of his later life involved a seemingly unending devotion to Clara Schumann, widow of composer Robert Schumann - both of whom were long-time friends to Brahms.
