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Dictionary definition: Brahms, Johannes
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Brahms, Johannes
(
b
Hamburg, 1833;
d
Vienna, 1897). Ger. composer and pianist. Son of db. player in Hamburg State Th. In childhood was taught vn. by father, pf. by Otto Cossel, and comp. by Eduard Marxsen. Public début as pianist, Hamburg, Sept. 1848. Earned living from age of 13 by teaching and by playing at theatres, for dances, and in taverns frequented by prostitutes. In 1853 engaged to acc. Hung. vn. virtuoso
Reményi
on a concert tour. While in Hanover met
Joachim
, who was impressed by youth's comps. and gave him letters of introduction to Liszt and Schumann. Latter hailed him as genius in an article entitled
Neue Bahnen
(New Paths) in the
Neue Zeitschrift für Musik
...
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