Johannes Brahms: A Brief Biography

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Johannes Brahms was born May 7th 1883 and he dies April 3 1997.He was a German composer and a pianist of the romantic period. He was born in Hamburg into a Lutheran family. He spent most of his life in Vienna, Austria. Johannes composed symphony orchestra,chamber ensembles, piano, organ,and voice chorus. He worked with a pianist named Clara schumann and a violinist named Joseph Joachim and they were very close friends. His father’s name was Johann Jakob Brahms and he lives from 1806-1872. Johann Johannes father lived in Heidi in Holstein. Like Johannes he became a musician and he did against his own family’s will. His songs are Hungarian Dances, Violin concerto, Brahms’ Lullaby, and a German Requiem. His brother was Friedrich Brahm,

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