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Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)

Johannes Brahms was a prominent German composer and pianist from the Romantic period. He spent much of his career in Vienna, Austria and is considered one of the "Three Bs" of music along with Bach and Beethoven. Brahms composed works for orchestra, chamber ensembles, piano, organ, and voice. He premiered many of his own works and collaborated with leading musicians of his time. Some of his most famous works include his Hungarian Dances, symphonies, piano concertos and chamber music.

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Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)

Johannes Brahms was a prominent German composer and pianist from the Romantic period. He spent much of his career in Vienna, Austria and is considered one of the "Three Bs" of music along with Bach and Beethoven. Brahms composed works for orchestra, chamber ensembles, piano, organ, and voice. He premiered many of his own works and collaborated with leading musicians of his time. Some of his most famous works include his Hungarian Dances, symphonies, piano concertos and chamber music.

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Johannes Brahms ( 1833 –1897)

A German composer and pianist of the Romantic period. Brahms spent much of his
professional life in Vienna, Austria. His reputation and status as a composer is such that he is
sometimes grouped with J. S. Bach and Beethoven as one of the "Three Bs" of music.1
Brahms composed for symphony orchestra, chamber ensembles, piano, organ, and
voice and chorus. A virtuoso pianist, he premiered many of his own works. He worked with
some of the leading performers of his time. Many of his works have become staples of the
modern concert repertoire. An uncompromising perfectionist, Brahms destroyed some of his
works and left others unpublished.
Brahms has been considered, by his contemporaries and by later writers, as both a
traditionalist and an innovator. His music is firmly rooted in the structures and compositional
techniques of the Classical masters. While many contemporaries found his music too
academic, his contribution and craftsmanship have been admired by subsequent figures. The
diligent, highly constructed nature of Brahms's works was a starting point and an inspiration
for a generation of composers. Embedded within his meticulous structures, however, are
deeply romantic motifs.
Brahms strongly preferred writing Abstract music2 that does not refer to an explicit
scene or narrative, and he never wrote an opera or a symphonic poem.

MOST FAMOUS WORKS OF BRAHMS


1. Hungarian Dance #5 In G Minor
2. Cradlesong, Op. 49/4
3. Waltz In A Flat, Op. 39/15
4. Symphony No. 1 In C Minor, Op. 68
5. Hungarian Dance #1 In G Minor
6. Intermezzo In E Flat - Andante Moderato - Piu Adagio - Un Poco Piu Andante
7. Violin Concerto In D Major, Op. 77
8. Variations On A Theme Of Joseph Haydn, Op. 56a
9. Piano Trio In E-Flat Major, Op. 40
10. 2nd movement of the Piano Concerto No. 2 In B-Flat Major
11. Piano Concerto No. 2 In B-Flat Major, Op. 83
12. String Quintet In G Major, Op. 111
13. Pieces For Piano, Op. 76 - Intermezzo In A Minor

1
A definition made by Hans von Bülow, The famous 19th C. German Conductor, virtuoso
piansit and composer.
2
Absolute music (sometimes abstract music) is music that is not explicitly "about"
anything; in contrast to program music, it is non-representational.
Johannes Brahms ( 1833 –1897)

Romantik Dönem’in Alman besteci ve piyanistlerinden biridir. Mesleki hayatının çoğunu


Viyana, Avusturya'da geçirmiştir. Bir besteci olarak ünü ve statüsüyle, J. S. Bach ve
Beethoven'ile birlikte "Müziğin Üç B’si"nden biri olarak anılır.3
Brahms senfoni orkestraları, oda müziği toplulukları, piyano, org, ses ve koro için
besteler yapmıştır. Bir virtüöz piyanist olarak; kendi çalışmalarının pek çoğunun galasını
bizzat kendisiyapmıştır. Dönemin önde gelen sanatçıları ile çalışmıştır. Eserlerinin birçoğu
modern konser repertuarına girmiştir. Büyük bir mükemmeliyetçi olan Brahms, eserlerinin bir
kısmını imha etmiş ve bazılarını da yayınlanmamış olarak bırakmıştır.
Brahms çağdaşları tarafından ve kendinden sonraki bestecilerce hem bir gelenekçi
hem de bir yenilikçi olarak kabul edilir. Müziği, Klasik ustaların yapı ve kompozisyon
tekniklerine sıkı sıkıya bağlıdır. Birçok çağdaşı onun müziğini çok akademik bulsa da,
müziğe olan katkısı ve işçiliği, ondan sonra gelen meslektaşlarınca takdir edilir.
Brahms'ın eserlerinin özenle hazırlanmış doğası, onu takip eden kuşaklar için bir
başlangıç noktası ve ilham kaynağı olmuştur. Bununla birlikte, bestelerinin titiz yapısına
gizlenmiş motifler, derinden romantiktir.
Brahms açıkça bir sahne ya da anlatıya atıfta bulunmayan Soyut müzik4 yazmayı
şiddetle tercih etmiş ve asla bir opera ya da senfonik bir şiir yazmamıştır.

3
19.YY Ünlü. Alman Şefi, virtüöz piansit ve bestecisi Hans von Bülow tarafından yapılan bir tanım.
4 Mutlak müzik (bazen soyut müzik) açıkça "herhangi bir şey" hakkında olmayan müziktir; program müziğinin
aksine temsili değildir.

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