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“To me, it seems quite obvious that the real Brahms is nothing more than a sentimental voluptuary with a wonderful ear,” wrote a feisty young music critic named George Bernard Shaw a little more than a century ago.
Jan. 11, 1998
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March 17, 2011
As unlikely as it seems, there are people who resist the music of Johannes Brahms, and are happy doing so.
April 18, 1991
The romantic strains of Johannes Brahms and the patriotic pulse of John Philip Sousa will serenade the South Bay on Sunday when the Peninsula Symphony and the Palos Verdes Symphonic Band appear in separate performances on the Palos Verdes Peninsula.
Feb. 21, 1993
Who stole the teeth of Brahms and Strauss?
July 3, 2012
The rumors about Clara Schumann--that’s Robert’s wife--and Johannes Brahms have been flying for at least a century.
Nov. 29, 1993
The Huntington Beach Music Society will present works by famed German composer and pianist Johannes Brahms at a concert Saturday.
Nov. 3, 1995
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Regarding last Sunday’s Puzzler: As Sylvia Bursztyn and Barry Tunick no doubt are hearing from the musical hordes (both of us), Johannes Brahms was born not in Vienna, his adoptive home, but in Hamburg--though as any Viennese will probably tell you, dying in Vienna is like being born in Hamburg.
Feb. 22, 1998
Science & Medicine
Leonardo da Vinci took them, as did Napoleon Bonaparte, Johannes Brahms and Winston Churchill.
Jan. 31, 2013
Noting the 100th anniversary of the death of Johannes Brahms, Anne-Sophie Mutter this season is playing the composer’s three sonatas for violin and piano in recitals throughout North America.
March 7, 1997