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German Romantic composer Johannes Brahms was born in Hamburg in 1833 and died in Vienna, Austria in 1897. A perfectionist, he often compared himself unfavorably to composers such as Beethoven and ended up destroying many compositions without their ever being heard. While basically conservative, he showed musical growth throughout his four symphonies and occasionally borrowed wilder folk themes, such as in his Hungarian Dances, and he explored a vast range of human emotion in his Violin Concerto.

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• Brahms

  http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2002/July02/Brahms_profile.htm
  Lengthy essay by David Wright from his series "Great Composers." Details the influence of the Schumann family and notes what set him apart from other deemed merely very good.

• Brahms at the Piano: Musical Archaeology

  http://ccrma.stanford.edu/groups/edison/brahms/brahms.html
  An analysis and transcription of the 1889 cylinder recording of Johannes Brahms performance of a segment of his First Hungarian Dance by Jonathan Berger. Includes illustrations and links to further resources.

• Brahms, Johannes (1833 - 1897), Germany

  http://stevenestrella.com/composers/composerfiles/brahms1897.html
  Biographical data, recommended CDs, books and sheet music, bibliography, and links to biographical essays from Dr. Estrella's Incredibly Abridged Dictionary of Composers.

• Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms

  http://www.lessontutor.com/eesSchumannBrahms.html
  The relationship between the widow of Robert Schumann and the bachelor is explored through a creative writing assignment. Includes related links.

• Classic Cat

  http://www.classiccat.net/brahms_j/
  Directory of mp3s on the internet that have been made available by the performing artists.

• Classical Music Archives: Brahms

  http://www.classicalarchives.com/brahms.html
  Over 320 complete works by Brahms offered in MIDI, MP3, and Windows Media audio formats, including live recordings of featured artists. Two biographies, including that from the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. Timelines, search engine.

• Grave of Johannes Brahms

  http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=129
  Find a Grave photographs of the composer's Vienna burial place. Link to the cemetery shows other notables sharing his resting place, including Johann Strauss, Sr. and Jr., Beethoven, and Czerny, also the cenotaph of Mozart.

• Johannes Brahms

  http://www.darvas.de/brahms.htm
  Film by János Darvas. Complete postproduction script in PDF for download. Includes RAM soundtrack excerpt.

• Johannes Brahms

  http://www.lessontutor.com/bf2.html
  Sympathetic biographical essay about his life, his music, and his relationship with the Schumann family with links to related essays and creative writing assignments.

• Johannes Brahms

  http://www.kunstderfuge.com/brahms.htm
  List of works, biography, and free MIDI audio files from On Classical/Kunst der Fuge.

• Johannes Brahms

  http://www.johannesbrahms.org/
  Biography, catalog of works, pictures, links, organizations.

• Johannes Brahms

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Brahms
  Wikipedia article with his life, works, influences, personality, and portrait. Includes references to books, movies, and pop culture with internal and external links to related people, topics, and audio files.

• Johannes Brahms

  http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005974/
  Listing of over seventy-five films using his music includes links to each and related materials from the Internet Movie Database (IMDb).

• Johannes Brahms

  http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/brahms.php
  Suggested biographies and scores, CD reviews, MIDI audio samples, portrait, links, and recommended recordings from the Classical Net Basic Repertoire List.

• Johannes Brahms

  http://www.ipl.org/div/mushist/rom/brahms.html
  Biographical article with examination of Classical and Romantic sources and RA audio samples from the Music History 102 collection of the Internet Public Library.

• Johannes Brahms

  http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_settings.html?ComposerId=3535
  Entry at the Lied and Art Songs Text Page listing hundreds of individual vocal works and cycles with lyrics. Includes many with English and other translations.

• Johannes Brahms: An Overview

  http://www.mfiles.co.uk/Composers/Johannes-Brahms.htm
  Illustrated biographical article from mfiles, noting major works, with links and examples of sheet music, MIDI and MP3 files.

• Johannes Brahms: The Last Classicist

  http://humanitiesweb.org/human.php?s=c&p=c&a=i&ID=51
  Brief biography, list of key works, quotes, recommended reading and recordings, timeline, and further resources from Humanities Web.

• The Centennial of the Death of Brahms

  http://davidsbuendler.freehostia.com/brahms.htm
  A series of sub-pages devoted to the 100 year anniversary of his death in 1897. Provides translations of essays by his pupil Gustav Jenner and conductor Wilhelm Furtwaengler, plus translations of texts that Brahms set to music.

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