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| Johannes Brahms |
Brahms was born in Hamburg, spent his professional life in Vienna, famous for his Hungarian Dances, the Zigeunerlieder and the Lullaby mothers around the world sing to get their children to sleep. A leading romantic composer, and might I say, damn good-looking in his youth!
However, he was a bit of a grump, not unlike his idol Beethoven. He loved nature and animals, was BFFs with Strauss, thought Franz Liszt was too big for his britches, contested that Wagner was a big blow-hard (truer words were never spoken!) and never married, although he had an odd relationship with Clara Schumann (wife of composer Robert Schumann), several affairs and one engagement to Agathe von Siebold. He was incredibly famous during his lifetime, sold oodles of music and became very wealthy, supporting up-and-coming music students as a patron. Frei aber einsam - free but lonely - is not only one of his compositions, but also possibly the way he felt toward the end of his life.
However, he was a bit of a grump, not unlike his idol Beethoven. He loved nature and animals, was BFFs with Strauss, thought Franz Liszt was too big for his britches, contested that Wagner was a big blow-hard (truer words were never spoken!) and never married, although he had an odd relationship with Clara Schumann (wife of composer Robert Schumann), several affairs and one engagement to Agathe von Siebold. He was incredibly famous during his lifetime, sold oodles of music and became very wealthy, supporting up-and-coming music students as a patron. Frei aber einsam - free but lonely - is not only one of his compositions, but also possibly the way he felt toward the end of his life.
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