Romantic · Germany
Brahms's symphonies
A Romantic master who spent 20 years in Beethoven's shadow before publishing his first symphony
- English name
- Johannes Brahms
- Life
- 1833–1897
- Country
- Germany
- Mainly active in
- Born in Hamburg, active in Vienna
- Symphony
- 4 symphonies
- In a line
- Composer of A German Requiem, Piano Concerto No. 1, and more
Fun to know
- The First Symphony took more than 20 years from conception to completion
- The F–A♭–F figure at the start of No. 3 is read as his motto "Free but happy"
- The No. 4 finale is a set of variations (passacaglia) on a theme from Bach's Cantata BWV 150
4 symphonies
- Symphony No. 1C minor · 1876 · about 46 minHesitating for 20 years at Beethoven's footsteps
- Symphony No. 2D major · 1877 · about 43 minBrahms's "Pastoral," written in a summer by the lake
- Symphony No. 3F major · 1883 · about 35 minThe secret of the three notes "Free but happy"
- Symphony No. 4E minor · 1885 · about 41 minThe last symphony, written where even cherries don't ripen
Credits
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._1_(Brahms)
- www.bso.org/works/symphony-no-1-in-c-minor
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._3_(Brahms)
- bso.org/works/brahms-symphony-no-3
- www.wikiwand.com/en/articles/Brahms's_Fourth_Symphony_in_E_Minor
- www.bso.org/works/symphony-no-4-brahms
- daytonperformingarts.org/program-note-brahmss-symphony-no-4/