Early Life
Born in Hamburg, Germany in 1833, this composer later became a major figure of the Romantic era.
Who is Johannes Brahms?
Brahms copied symphonies by this great composer by hand to learn orchestration.
Who is Beethoven?
Robert Schumann famously called Brahms the “young eagle” in an essay titled this, meaning “New Paths.”
What is Neue Bahnen?
Although he never married, Brahms had a lifelong emotional bond with this pianist, the wife of Robert.
Who is Clara Schumann?
Brahms earned money as a boy by performing in these rough venues, which later influenced his folk-style music.
What are taverns and dance halls?
This strict musical discipline such as practicing fugues and canons daily shows Brahms’s devotion to this Baroque composer.
Who is J.S. Bach?
Sudden fast-slow mood changes in Brahms’s Hungarian Dances came from this cultural musical tradition.
What is Romani/Gypsy music?
Brahms had a romantic attachment to this woman but withdrew before any commitment.
Who is Agathe von Siebold?
This instrument-playing father was Brahms’s first teacher and performed with the Hamburg Philharmonic.
Who is Johann Jakob Brahms?
Brahms gained early recognition as a teen for his skill on this instrument.
What is the piano?
Brahms valued emotional honesty but used strict form which blends Romanticism with this earlier musical era.
What is the Classical era?
Brahms met the Schumanns in this year, when Robert described him as “the young eagle.”
What is 1853?
This Hamburg teacher trained Brahms in classical traditions beginning around 1843.
Who is Eduard Marxsen?
Name the respected local piano teacher Brahms studied with before Marxsen.
Who is Friedrich Cossel?
Brahms admired this composer’s “heroic style,” which deeply influenced his struggle to write his First Symphony.
Who is Beethoven?
He composed Wiegenlied as a personal gift to this former love and friend on the birth of her second child.
Who is Bertha Faber?
Hungarian and Romani music entered Brahms’s style thanks to touring with this violinist in the 1850s.
Who is Ede Reményi?
While still young, Brahms often worked as an accompanist for these types of performers to earn money.
Who are singers? / What are singers?
These two Schumanns became mentors and close lifelong influences on Brahms after meeting in 1853.
Who are Robert and Clara Schumann?
This touring violinist sparked Brahms’s fascination with Hungarian and Romani folk music.
Who is Ede Reményi?