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Interesting Facts about this famous classical composer and musician are as follows:

  • Fact 1 - Accomplishments and reasons Brahms is famous: Classical Composer and musician - he was one of the leading Romantic Period Composers. Brahms became famous for composing Hungarian Dances, Symphonies, Choral works and music for solo piano

  • Fact 2 - Date of Birth: Brahms was born on May 7, 1833
  • Fact 3 - Place of Birth: Hamburg
  • Fact 4 - Full Name: Johannes Brahms
  • Fact 5 - Lifespan: 1833-1897
  • Fact 6 - Name of mother and father: His parents names were Johanna Henrika Christiane Nissen and Johann Jakob Brahms
  • Fact 7 - Family background: Not a wealthy family. His father was a musician and his mother was a seamstress
  • Fact 8 - Childhood and education: Johannes Brahms studied the cello, horn and the piano. His teachers included Otto Friedrich Willibald Cossel and Eduard Marxen
  • Fact 9 - Inspiration: Johannes Brahms was inspired by Hungarian folklore and Gypsy style of music
  • Fact 10 - Brahms toured Germany during his early years and met other musicians and composers such as Schumann, Liszt  and Wagner
  • Fact 11 - The travels of Johannes Brahms extended to other countries of Europe where he met other influential composers, collecting signed copies of their music along the way
  • Fact 12 - Johannes Brahms was a great friend of Schumann and cared for Clara Schumann after the death of her husband
  • Fact 13 - In 1863 Brahms was appointed conductor of the Vienna Singakademie and he took on similar posts in his career
  • Fact 14 - Brahms is referred to as one of the Three Bs together with Johann Sebastian Bachand Beethoven
  • Fact 15 - Brahms was diagnosed with liver cancer
  • Fact 16 - Date of Death: He died April 3, 1897 in Vienna
  • Fact 17 - He was buried next to Schubertand Beethoven
  • Fact 18 - His music lives on and the musical works of Brahms include the following:
    • Ein Deutches Requiem
      Ave Maria
      Variations on a Theme by Paganini - a minor
      Sonata No. 1 - C Major
      Symphony No. 2 - D Major

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