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Brahms Sheet Music and Biography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Johannes Brahms
7 May 1833-3 April 1897<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Johannes Brahms was a German composer and pianist, born in Hamburg on 7th May 1833.  Such was his presence that he is often grouped with Bach<\/a> and Beethoven<\/a> to be known as the ‘Three B’s’<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have several of the original version of his popular Lullaby<\/a> along with various arrangements<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have over sixty arrangements<\/a> of Johannes Brahms sheet music<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hungarian Dance No. 5<\/a> is another familiar and popular piece. We have arrangements for different instruments and ensembles<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Life and Career<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

At a young age, his piano teacher is known to have said, “he could be such a good player, but he will not stop his never-ending composing.”<\/em>   His parents disapproved of his early career in composing (obviously thinking of the financial benefits)<\/em> feeling that he would be much better off as a performer… It’s a good job that we don’t always listen to our parents!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brahms met Joseph Joachim i<\/a>n 1853 and consequently, his musical career reached a turning point.  Joachim introduced Brahms to the composer, Robert Schumann <\/a>to whom Brahms became great friends until Schumann’s death in 1856.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Love or not to Love?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Sadly Brahms view of love was very much shaped as a young boy by his parent’s loveless marriage. His first job at the age of twelve found him playing in a brothel where he saw and experienced many unpleasant things. Consequently, this led to confusion when it came to love and as a result, his relationships never progressed.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the age of twenty-five as well as being a rising music star he fell in love with Bertha who sang in a choir that he conducted.  They spent a lot of time together and she used to sing a Viennese song to him.  Brahms’s emotional struggle resulted in him ending the relationship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brahms Lullaby<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Ten years later he saw a pregnant Bertha with her husband and child, he felt sadness, longing, and loss on what could have been.  As a gift to celebrate the birth of her son he wrote Brahms Lullaby<\/a>. Between notes, you can hear the song Bertha used to sing to him. She named her son Johannes.  Most people will know or have listened to this lullaby at some stage in their lives, I remember playing it to my children when they were babies in an attempt to soothe them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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