Johannes Brahms

Born to a musical family in Hamburg, Brahms began composing and concertizing locally in his youth. He toured Central Europe as a pianist in his adulthood, premiering many of his own works and meeting Franz Liszt in Weimar. Brahms worked with Ede Reményi and Joseph Joachim, seeking Robert Schumann's approval through the latter. He gained both Robert and Clara Schumann's strong support and guidance. Brahms stayed with Clara in Düsseldorf, becoming devoted to her amid Robert's insanity and institutionalization. The two remained close, lifelong friends after Robert's death. Brahms never married, perhaps in an effort to focus on his work as a musician and scholar. He was a self-conscious, sometimes severely self-critical composer.
Though innovative, his music was considered relatively conservative within the polarized context of the War of the Romantics, an affair in which Brahms regretted his public involvement. His compositions were largely successful, attracting a growing circle of supporters, friends, and musicians. Eduard Hanslick celebrated them polemically as absolute music, and Hans von Bülow even cast Brahms as the successor of Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven, an idea Richard Wagner mocked. Settling in Vienna, Brahms conducted the Singakademie and Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, programming the early and often "serious" music of his personal studies. He considered retiring from composition late in life but continued to write chamber music, especially for Richard Mühlfeld.
Brahms saw his music become internationally important in his own lifetime. His contributions and craftsmanship were admired by his contemporaries like Antonín Dvořák, whose music he enthusiastically supported, and a variety of later composers. Max Reger and Alexander Zemlinsky reconciled Brahms's and Wagner's often contrasted styles. So did Arnold Schoenberg, who emphasized Brahms's "progressive" side. He and Anton Webern were inspired by the intricate structural coherence of Brahms's music, including what Schoenberg termed its developing variation. It remains a staple of the concert repertoire, continuing to influence composers into the 21st century. Provided by Wikipedia
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München : G. Henle Verlag, 2016
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New York : International Music, 1946
New York : International Music, 1946
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North Easton, Mass. : Robert King Music Co., 1955
North Easton, Mass. : Robert King Music Co., 1955
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by Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897
New York : G. Schirmer, 1921
New York : G. Schirmer, 1921
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Arles : Harmonia Mundi France, 1987
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Washington : Library of Congress, 1979
Washington : Library of Congress, 1979
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by Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897
Leipzig : Ernst Eulenburg, 1930
Leipzig : Ernst Eulenburg, 1930
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[S.l.] : New York, N.Y. : Philips ; Manufactured and marketed by PolyGram Classics & Jazz, 1991
[S.l.] : New York, N.Y. : Philips ; Manufactured and marketed by PolyGram Classics & Jazz, 1991
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