Article: Joachim, Joseph

Article: Brahms - A Ballet. (Opernhaus, Zurich, Switzerland)
Dance Magazine;  January 1, 1998 ;     509 words ...Ballets set to concert music by Johannes Brahms which have found a regular place in...Initials R.B.M.E. (1972) and Twyla Tharp's Brahms/Handel (1984). Now Heinz Spoerli, on the one-hundredth anniversary of Brahms's death, has opened his second season...

Article: Brahms and the German Spirit.(Book review)
The Historian;  March 22, 2006 ;     532 words ...Brahms and the German Spirit. By Daniel Beller-McKenna. (Cambridge...the music of nineteenth-century German composer Johannes Brahms has not been associated with nationalism or patriotism, as has the music of compatriot Richard Wagner. Instead, Brahms has been regarded as a composer who, unlike his ...

Article: Brahms, Johannes
U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography;      700+ words ...Johannes Brahms Born: May 7, 1833 Hamburg, Germany Died...music), pianist, and conductor Johannes Brahms was one of the most significant composers...1770 – 1827). Early life Johannes Brahms was born in Hamburg, Germany, on May 7...

Article: Brahms
Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes;      65 words ...Brahms •Abrahams • jimjams • alms , Brahms, man-at-arms •Thames • hames , James •Reims • Sims • betimes , Grimes, Times •Maritimes • oftentimes • sometimes •Toms...

Article: Johannes Brahms
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      414 words ......1833-97, German composer, b. Hamburg. Brahms ranks among the greatest masters of the...introduced him to leading musical circles. Brahms became the devoted friend of Robert and...to support himself in simple comfort. Brahms never married, although he had several...

Article: Brahms: Second Symphony. (Claudio Abbado, Berlin Philharmonic)
National Review;  July 9, 1990 ;     174 words ...Brahms Second Symphony After a reading of the score of the Brahms Second Symphony, Edouard Lalo railed: An inferior spirit...insignificant. Another contemporary, Max Reger, held that Brahms was the greatest living composer, the Second Symphony placing...

Article: Brahms.(Sound recording review)
Czech Music;  January 1, 2009 ;     663 words ......time devoted to the music of Johannes Brahms. This CD can boast generally enthusiastic...Competition 2006). The repertoire of this Brahms title is chosen with care: beside a poetically...surprisingly mature composition by the young Brahms (Sonata in F sharp minor, op. 2 of 1852...

Article: German Requiem, A
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music;      8 words ...German Requiem, A ( Brahms). See Deutsches Requiem, Ein .

Article: Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1-4; "Haydn" Variations; Alto Rhapsody; Academic and Tragic Overtures.(Sound Recording Review)
Sensible Sound;  September 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1-4; Haydn Variations; Alto Rhapsody...prefacing comments: (1) I am not the biggest fan of the Brahms symphonies, my appreciation limited to the final movement...command of the basic Germanic repertoire--Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Bruckner, Mozart, Mahler, Mendelssohn, and Wagner--I ...

Article: Rott: Symphony in E major; Pastorales Vorspiel.
Sensible Sound;  December 1, 2002 ;     390 words ......writing the Symphony in E he tried pressing it on Brahms and Bruckner, but to no avail. Brahms even got annoyed with Rott's pushiness (and possibly...it bears striking resemblances to the work of Brahms, Schumann, and Wagner, to be sure, but, more...

Article: More not than jazz.(Berio: Orchestral transciritpions)(Milhaud: La Creation du monde, Le Boeuf sur le toit, Suite provencale)(Prokofieff: Lieutenant Kijd, Symphonic Suite Stravinsky)(Sound Recording Review)
Sensible Sound;  September 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......transciritpions from Bach, Boccherini, Brahms, Mozart, Purcell, and Schubert Orchestra...favorite, a transcription for orchestra of Brahms's Clarinet Sonata Op. 120, featuring Fausto...and the Clarinet Sonatas and Quintet by Brahms are among my favorite pieces of chamber...

Article: Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1.(Sound recording review)
Sensible Sound;  January 1, 2007 ;     301 words ...Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1. Krystian Zimerman; Simon Rattle...Orchestra. DG B0006203-2. I have never been a big fan of the Brahms First Piano Concerto, but I have to admit that Zimerman...a breath of fresh air as a huge question mark. This was Brahms's first full-scale undertaking in the orchestral ...

Article: Brahms Funding Corp. Remains on Rating Watch Evolving by Fitch.
Business Wire;  March 11, 2003 ;     299 words ......Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 11, 2003 Brahms Funding Corp. (Brahms) secured liquidity notes' (SLNs) 'F1' rating remains...discussions with Dresdner, as administrative agent for Brahms, to modify the program's structural support. According...

Article: Brahms: Symphony No. 2; Hungarian Dances.(Sound recording review)(Brief article)
Sensible Sound;  April 1, 2006 ;     288 words ...Brahms: Symphony No. 2; Hungarian Dances. Marin Alsop, London...down to listen to conductor Marin Alsop's rendering of Brahms's Symphony No. 2. I'm not sure I should have gotten my...be nice but not spectacular. I have never been an avid Brahmsian, but I have always rather enjoyed his Second Symphony...