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Johannes Brahms is considered the greatest composer of the Romantic period. Being the son of a musician and forced to play music to earn money for the family bills, Johannes grew a very strong connection to music and eventually made music and composing for his entire career. Johannes Brahms was viewed as the leader of music and best at composing in the Romantic time period while on the same skilled level as Mozart, Beethoven, and Hyden.
Johannes Brahms was born May 7th, 1833 in Hamburg, Germany. Johannes was the son of Jakob Brahms which was a famous jobbing musician. During Brahms’ childhood, money was very tight and hard to come by, because of this, Brahms was forced to take piano lessons and play piano to earn money and pay for the bills

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