Composer's Bio:
Johannes Brahms, (May 7, 1833 - April 3, 1897) Johannes Brahms was a German composer of Romantic music, who predominantly lived in Vienna, Austria. Johannes Brahms was born in Hamburg. Brahms showed early promise on the piano and helped to supplement the rather meager family income by playing the piano in restaurants and theaters, as well as by teaching. It is a long-told tale that Brahms was forced in his early teens to play the piano in bars that doubled as brothels; recently Brahms scholar Kurt Hoffman has suggested that this legend is false. Since Brahms himself clearly originated the story, however, some have questioned Hoffman's theory.
Piece comment: rnrnrnJohannes Brahms (May 7, 1833 - April 3, 1897) was a German composer of Romantic music, who predominantly lived in Vienna, Austria.rn
rnJohannes Brahms was born in Hamburg. Brahms showed early promise on the piano and helped to supplement the rather meager family income by playing the piano in restaurants and theaters, as well as by teaching. It is a long-told tale that Brahms was forced in his early teens to play the piano in bars that doubled as brothels; recently Brahms scholar Kurt Hoffman has suggested that this legend is false. Since Brahms himself clearly originated the story, however, some have questioned Hoffman's theory.rn
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The Double Concerto in A minor, Op. 102 by Johannes Brahms is a concerto for violin, cello and orchestra. It was Brahms' final work for the orchestra, most of the remaining body of his compositions being written for the piano, as lieder for voice and in chamber music. It is considered one of Brahms' greatest masterpieces. Brahms wrote it for the cellist Robert Hausmann and violinist Joseph Joachim, and it was in part a gesture of reconciliation towards the latter with whom he had not been on good relations for some time. Joachim had recently had a divorce in which, he believed, Brahms had taken the side of his wife.
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