Johannes Brahms

Johannes Brahms was a German composer and pianist. He lived from 1833 to 1897 during the romantic music period. Many people associate him with Bach and Beethoven, considering them the three biggest influences in classical music. Brahms composed for piano, chamber ensembles, symphony orchestra, and voice and chorus. His technique roots from the Baroque and Classical styles. He is known as the master of counterpoint, symphonic, and sonata style, approaching harmony and melody in a new and different way. As Johannes Brahms grew up he developed a profound passion for music that led him to create brilliant pieces. Brahms was in born Hamburg, Germany. His parents were Johanna Henrika Christiane Nissen and Johann Jakob Brahms. Christina was a seamstress and Jakob was a double bassist in the Hamburg Philharmonic Society. He was seventeen years younger than his wife. They were unable to make the age…

The life of Johannes Brahms Johannes Brahms was born on May 7, 1833 in Hamburg, Germany to Johanna Henrika Christiane Nissen and Johann Jakob Brahms. He was the second of three children. As his father was a musician in the Hamburg Philharmonic Society, at age seven, young Brahms began playing piano. Brahms was an accomplished musician by the time he was a teenager. He used his talents to perform at brothels, local inns, and along Hamburg’s docks. He used the money he earned to help his family,…

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,…

but with it came two fantastic God-fearing musicians. Johannes Brahms was one of those musicians and his music was truly emotional. Johannes was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1833 and was first introduced to music by his father. Dedicated to both music and his son, Brahms’ father, who played double bass in a civic orchestra,had Brahms taught by Friedrich Cossel and Eduard Marxan, whom kindly taught him without pay. Though Brahms struggled financially in his early years, in 1853 he received the…

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms 1. Mozart was born on January 27, 1756 in Salzburg, Austria. Beethoven was born on December 17, 1827 in Vienna, Austria. Brahms was born on May 07, 1833 in Hamburg, West Germany. 2. Mozart died on December 05, 1791 in Vienna, Austria. Beethoven died on March 26, 1827 in Vienna, Austria. Brahms dies on April 03, 1897 in Vienna, Austria. 3. Mozart had six siblings and he was the youngest, five of his siblings died whe…

Brahms’ Concert Review The concert I am reviewing is Johannes Brahms’ Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77. Performed by the Berlin Philharmonic, conducted by Claudio Abbado. Recorded live at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy in 2002. Featuring soloist Gil Shaham. Johannes Brahms was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1833. His father taught him music as a young boy. At the age of 6, he started creating his own method of writing music. Brahms befriended many famous composers during…

and he was taken to a hospital. This took a toll on Clara’s emotional state as well, but her connections with musicians Joseph Joachim and Johannes Brahms provided her with support in this trying time. Joachim met Clara when she was twelve years old and their bond remained through the years. Clara herself said, “Joachim gives me the most pleasant hours here [in Berlin,] thanks both to his art and his friendly words,” both of which were a means of bonding and consolation when Robert was taken…

it was a totally new mindset. Due to Ludwig’s out of the box thinking, the Romantic Era was created, along with composers who created new things to apply to music such as syncopation. It was considered out of the box because no one else had ever thought to do what he was doing. By creating the Romantic Era, he also created a new type of composer who then changed music by adding new ornaments and started to actually express themselves through their music. Next Beethoven influence music by…

Brahms 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…

While cheerful and bright melodies are used to represent Mozart’s early years in his short lives, the prelude of the opera “Don Giovanni” composed by Mozart after the death of Leopold Mozart – Mozart’s father – indicates the relationship between Mozart and Leopold and shows the process how Salieri set his scheme foreshadowing the death of Mozart. First of all, the opera “Don Giovanni” suggests the abnormal relationship between Mozart and his father. In the film, Mozart is illustrated as a…