The Life of Johannes Brahms (Vol 1 of 2)

Concert season in Hamburg--Frau Denninghoff-Giesemann--Brahms at Hamm--Herr Völckers and his daughters--Dietrich's visit to Brahms--Music at the Halliers' and Wagners'--First pu...

Concert season in Hamburg--Frau Denninghoff-Giesemann--Brahms in Hamm--Herr Völckers and his daughters--Dietrich's visit to Brahms--Music at the Halliers' and Wagners'--First pu...

Brahms at Hanover--Hans von Bülow--Robert and Clara Schumann in Hanover--Schumann's illness--Brahms in Düsseldorf--Variations on Schumann's theme in F sharp minor--B major Trio-...

Extraordinary interest was lent to this year's Festival of the Lower Rhine, again held at Düsseldorf (May 27-29), by the appearance at each of its three concerts of Madame Jenny...

Johannes' first public concert--Years of struggle--Hamburg Lokals--Louise Japha--Edward Reményi--Sonata in F sharp minor--First concert-tour as Reményi's accompanist--Concerts a...

Joachim and Brahms in Düsseldorf--Grimm in Göttingen--Brahms' visit to Detmold--Carl von Meysenbug--Court Concertmeister Bargheer--Joachim and Liszt--Brahms' return to Detmold--...

Edward Marxsen was born on July 23, 1806, at Nieustädten, a village close to Altona, where his father combined the callings of schoolmaster and organist. His musical talent show...

Third season at Detmold--'Ave Maria' and 'Begräbnissgesang' performed in Hamburg and Göttingen--Second Serenade, first performed in Hamburg--Lower Rhine Festival--Summer at Bonn...

Johannes Brahms came of a race belonging to Lower Saxony. This is sufficiently indicated by the family name, which appears in extant church records variously as Brahms, Brams, a...

First public performances of the Pianoforte Concerto in Hanover, Leipzig, and Hamburg--Brahms, Joachim, and Stockhausen appear together in Hamburg--First public performance of t...

some fragments fortunately remain for me to point to proudly in the future (when I shall have become a great man??!!): do you see, gentlemen? I am a happy mortal. I possess the...

On October 28 Schumann's article appeared in the _Neue Zeitschrift für Musik_. Brahms seems to have read it for the first time in Hanover, whither, in pursuance of the plans for...

meilleure idée de son talent de composition. Mille et mille tendres amitiés à Joachim, auquel j'ai fait demander sa partition de l'ouverture de Hamlet par Brahms et par Cossmann...

Leaving Düsseldorf on May 18, the day following the close of the festival, Joachim proceeded on a week's visit to Weimar, and, returning thence to spend a day or two at home in...

Third season at Detmold--'Ave Maria' and 'Begräbnissgesang'; performed in Hamburg and Göttingen--Second Serenade first publicly performed in Hamburg--Lower Rhine Festival--Summe...

Brahms and Joachim in Düsseldorf--Grimm in Göttingen--Brahms' visit to Detmold--Carl von Meysenbug--Court Concertmeister Bargheer--Joachim and Liszt--Brahms returns to Detmold--...

First public performances of the Pianoforte Concerto in Hanover, Leipzig, and Hamburg--Brahms, Joachim, and Stockhausen appear together in Hamburg--First public performance of t...

Brahms at Hanover--Hans von Bülow--Robert and Clara Schumann in Hanover--Schumann's illness--Brahms in Düsseldorf--Variations on Schumann's theme in F sharp minor--B major Trio;...

Johannes' first public concert--Years of struggle--Hamburg Lokals--Louise Japha--Edward Reményi--Sonata in F sharp minor--First concert-tour as Reményi's accompanist--Concerts i...