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Johannes Brahms

Also known as Brahms, J. Brahms, Marks, G. W.

German composer (1833–1897)

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Johannes Brahms was a German composer, conductor, and pianist associated with the Romantic music movement. He studied under Eduard Marxsen and was influenced by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven. His notable works include Symphony No. 1, Symphony No. 4, the Academic Festival Overture, and the Tragic Overture. He also composed art songs, concertos, and string quartets.

Brahms received the Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art, the Order of Leopold, and the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art. He died of liver cancer in Vienna on 1897-04-03 and is buried in the Vienna Central Cemetery. His date of birth is listed as either 1833-05-07 or 1834-05-07, with baptism occurring on 1833-05-26. He played the piano, cello, and horn.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 1833
Died: 1897
Works: 894

Top works

Oktaven und Quinten u.A.
Magelone Lieder
String quartets
[Manuscript notebook of Biblical texts]
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Johannes Brahms was a German composer, pianist, and conductor of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg into a Lutheran family, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria. Brahms composed for symphony orchestra, chamber ensembles, piano, organ, and voice and chorus. Many of his works have become staples of the modern concert repertoire. Brahms has been considered, by his…

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Germany
Active from: 1833
Active to: 1897

art songclassicalcomposerconcertoeuropeangerman

Discography

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 1,604,843
Total plays: 21,253,805

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis
· 2012 · cited 66,908x
SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,569x
The ERA5 global reanalysis
· 2020 · cited 24,255x
Fast, scalable generation of high‐quality protein multiple sequence alignments using Clustal Omega
· 2011 · cited 14,510x
LINCS: A linear constraint solver for molecular simulations
· 1997 · cited 14,355x

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Authority record · VIAF

Lifespan: 1833–1897
Nationality: DE, AT, IT, DEU, AUT
Role / Field: Composers, Compositeurs, Composer, 피아니스트pianist, Pianists, Composition music
Language: ger, deu
Gender: Male

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Music

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Quotes

“It always saddens me to think that after all I am not yet a proper musician; but I have more aptitude for the calling than probably many of the younger generation have as a rule. It gets knocked out of you. Boys should be allowed to indulge themselves in jolly music; the serious kind comes of its own accord, although the lovesick does not. How lucky is the man who, like Mozart and others, goes to the tavern of an evening and writes some fresh music. For he lives while he is creating.”
“I wish I could write to you as tenderly as I love you and tell you all the good things that I wish you. You are so infinitely dear to me, dearer than I can say... If things go on much longer as they are at present I shall have sometime to put you under glass or to have you set in gold. If only I could live in the same town with you and my parents... Do write me a nice letter soon. Your letters are like kisses.”
“High on the mountain, deep in the valley, I greet you a thousandfold.”
“There is so much that is true in your letter — if not all— and I must confess that with remorse and regret; but with pleasure and satisfaction I realise how kind it is — only an angel like you could have written so kindly... Life is a wild polyphony, but often a good woman like you can bring about some exquisite resolution of its discords.”
“On one stave, for a small instrument, the man writes a whole world of the deepest thoughts and most powerful feelings. If I imagined that I could have created, even conceived the piece, I am quite certain that the excess of excitement and earth-shattering experience would have driven me out of my mind.”
“If there is any one here tonight whom I have not offended, I apologize!”

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Official website

Allgemeines - Brahms-Institut an der Musikhochschule Lübeck

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Described at

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Johannes
Gender: male
Citizenship: Germany
Place of birth: Hamburg
Place of death: Vienna
Occupation: pianist
Employer: Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde
Languages spoken: German
Religion: agnosticism
Award: Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
Notable work: Clarinet Sonatas
Academic degree: Doctor of Music
Student of: Eduard Marxsen
Field of work: art music
Movement: Romantic music
Instrument: horn
Official website: www.brahms-institut.de/index.php/de/allgemeines
Image: JohannesBrahms.jpg
Work location: Vienna
Residence: Vienna

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place of burial: Vienna Central Cemetery
Commons category: Johannes Brahms
date of birth: 1834-05-07
date of death: 1897-04-03
cause of death: liver cancer
Commons Creator page: Johannes Brahms
topic's main category: Category:Johannes Brahms
manner of death: natural causes
Commons gallery: Johannes Brahms
pseudonym: G.W. Marks
date of baptism: 1833-05-26
influenced by: Ludwig van Beethoven
described at URL: www.johannesbrahms.org
writing language: German
start of work period: 1843-00-00
name in native language: Johannes Brahms
list of works: list of compositions by Johannes Brahms
has works in the collection: Memoria Chilena
related category: Category:Compositions by Johannes Brahms
P8168: National Republican Air Force
P12674: Nadia Gray
P12749: Paeonia

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Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to Johannes Brahms, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Canto d'amore [Música notada] :]op. 71, n. 5

Domenica [Música notada] :]op. 47, N. 3 ; y Ode Saffica : [op. 94, N. 4] / Joh. Brahms. Heimlichkeit / C. Loewe

Rapsodia, op. 27 [i.e. op. 79], n.2 [Música notada]

Sextett G-dur für zwei Violinen, zwei Violen und zwei Violoncelli, op. 36 [Música notada]

Ungarische Tänze für pianoforte [Música notada]

Quintett, F moll für Pianoforte, 2 Violinen, Viola und Violoncell [Música notada]

Ungarische Tänze.. Band II, (Heft III-IV)

Hamlet [Música notada] : grand opéra de Ambroise Thomas

Walzer für das Pianoforte zu vier Händen, op. 39 [Música notada]

Quintett H-moll für Clarinette, zwei Violinen, viola und Violoncell, op. 115 [Música notada]

Quintett F-dur für zwei Violinen, zwei Violen und Violoncell, op. 88 [Música notada]

Quartett C-moll für zwei Violinen, Viola und Violoncell, op. 51, n. 1 [Música notada]

Quartett B-dur für zwei Violinen, Viola und Violoncel, op. 67 [Música notada]

Quartett C-moll für Pianoforte, Violine, Viola und Violoncell, op. 60 [Música notada]

Trio H-dur für Pianoforte, Violine und Violoncelle, op. 8 [Música notada]

Trio C-dur für Pianoforte, Violine und Violoncelle, op. 87 [Música notada]

Trio C-moll für Pianoforte, Violine und Violoncelle, op. 101 [Música notada]

Trio A-moll für Pianoforte, Clarinette (oder Viola) und Violoncell, op. 114 [Música notada]

Sextett B-dur für zwei Violinen, zwei Violen und zwei Violoncelli, op. 28 [Música notada]

Trio Es-dur für Pianoforte, Violine und Waldhorn (oder Violoncell oder Viola), op. 40 [Música notada]

Quartett A-dur für Pianoforte, Violine, Viola und Violoncell, op. 26 [Música notada]

Whenever the march is blowing: Song

Lullaby (“Good evening, good 'night”); Op. 49 No. 4/(Joh. Brahms)

Field loneliness (In summer fields)/(Brahms)

Hungarian Dance No. 1 G-moll/(Brahms)

Mariae Wiegenlied: op. 76, No 52/(Reger)

Sapphische Ode/(music: Joh. Brahms. Text: Hans Schmidt)

Down in the valley/(J. Brahms)

In silent night/(Brahms)

Wiegenlied, Op. 49, No. 4/von Brahms

I turned to see: Op. 121, No. 2/(J. Brahms)

My slumber is getting quieter (Op. 105, No.2)/(Hermann Lingg-Brahms)

Lullaby: Op. 49, No. 4/(Brahms)

Walde talk

Lullaby/(Brahms)

The Wanderer/(Brahms)

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Encyclopedic overview

Johannes Brahms (/brɑːmz/; German: [joˈhanəs ˈbʁaːms] ; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor of the mid-Romantic period. His music features expressive counterpoint, freer dissonance, rhythmic vitality, and traditional forms. His works include four symphonies, four concertos, a Requiem, much chamber music, and hundreds of folk-song arrangements and Lieder (German art songs).

Born in Hamburg to a musical family, Brahms composed and performed locally in his youth before touring Central Europe as a pianist, premiering his own works and meeting Franz Liszt in Weimar. He worked with Ede Reményi and, through Joseph Joachim, gained Robert and Clara Schumann's support and guidance. He lived with Clara in Düsseldorf, becoming devoted to her amid Robert's voluntary commitment. After Robert's death, they remained close friends. Brahms never married, focusing on his work as a composer prone to self-criticism.

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