Brahms (1833-1897) is a master of chamber music, a German composer. Remarkable pianist. In Hamburg, his hometown, he received the first lessons of his father. At the age of 14 he became a pianist and accompanied the Hungarian violinist E. Remenyi, which allowed him to meet Liszt and Schumann, who launched him as a composer in 1853. Schumann said, "New messiah of music." Brahms was music director at the court of Detmold (1858), he directed the Singakademie conservatory of Vienna in 1863, and from 1872 to 1875, the Society of Friends of Music. His style is characterized by the use of serious and passionate melodies, with popular elements. He was the author of sonatas, trios and quartets for piano, as well as sonatas for cello and violin. He created
