Johannes Brahms

The German composer Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) started working on his German Requiem before reaching the age of 30, and by the time he was 33 he had completed it in its essentials - a work whose char...

The German composer Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) started working on his German Requiem before reaching the age of 30, and by the time he was 33 he had completed it in its essentials - a work whose char...

Johannes Brahms composed the Alt-Rhapsodie in September of 1869 as a wedding gift to the daughter of his close friend and confidant, Clara Schumann. The Alt-Rhapsodie is set to several verses of a poe...

Johannes Brahms composed the Alt-Rhapsodie in September of 1869 as a wedding gift to the daughter of his close friend and confidant, Clara Schumann. The Alt-Rhapsodie is set to several verses of a poe...

The Hungarian Dances (Ungarische Tänze), evoking directly the warm blood of Hungarian gypsy music, consist of 21 dances, originally composed for piano four hands. The 5th dance is probably the most ce...

The Hungarian Dances (Ungarische Tänze), evoking directly the warm blood of Hungarian gypsy music, consist of 21 dances, originally composed for piano four hands. The 5th dance is probably the most ce...

Johannes Brahms composed the 'Variations on a theme by Haydn' in the summer of 1873. The theme Brahms used was entitled 'Chorale St. Antoni' and attributed to the composer Joseph Haydn. But subsequent...

Johannes Brahms composed the 'Variations on a theme by Haydn' in the summer of 1873. The theme Brahms used was entitled 'Chorale St. Antoni' and attributed to the composer Joseph Haydn. But subsequent...

Brahms was known to be extremely careful when composing his music. When he decided to compose a symphony he wanted to be sure to exceed the standard that had been set by Beethoven. His first symphony,...

Brahms was known to be extremely careful when composing his music. When he decided to compose a symphony he wanted to be sure to exceed the standard that had been set by Beethoven. His first symphony,...

Jeder junge Musiker sollte sich mit den großen Komponisten vertraut machen. Daher sind gute Transkriptionen im geeigneten Schwierigkeitsgrad sehr wichtig. In dieser Bearbeitung der Akademischen Festou...

Zu Johannes Brahms' berühmtesten Kompositionen zählen neben zahlreichen Liedern und Klavierwerken auch vier Sinfonien. Andrew Watkin wählte das Hauptthema aus der 1. Sinfonie und schuf daraus ein leic...

Zu Johannes Brahms' berühmtesten Kompositionen zählen neben zahlreichen Liedern und Klavierwerken auch vier Sinfonien. Andrew Watkin wählte das Hauptthema aus der 1. Sinfonie und schuf daraus ein leic...