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Johannes Brahms

1833 - 1897

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Johannes Brahms (; German: [joˈhanəs ˈbʁaːms] ; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor of the mid-Romantic period. His music is noted for its rhythmic vitality and freer treatment of dissonance, often set within studied yet expressive contrapuntal textures. He adapted the traditional structures and techniques of a wide historical range of earlier composers. His œuvre includes four symphonies, four concertos, a Requiem, much chamber music, and hundreds of folk-song arrangements and Lieder, among other works for symphony orchestra, piano, organ, and choir. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johannes Brahms is the 14th most popular composer (up from 15th in 2019), the 28th most popular biography from Germany (down from 27th in 2019) and the 5th most popular German Composer.

Johannes Brahms is most famous for his symphonies and his piano concertos.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Johannes Brahms ranks 14 out of 1,451. Before him are George Frideric Handel, Joseph Haydn, Richard Wagner, Franz Schubert, Igor Stravinsky, and Gustav Mahler. After him are Giacomo Puccini, Antonín Dvořák, Johann Strauss II, Robert Schumann, Gioachino Rossini, and Felix Mendelssohn.

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Among people born in 1833, Johannes Brahms ranks 2. Before him is Alfred Nobel. After him are Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria, Élie Ducommun, Alexander Borodin, Wilhelm Dilthey, Benjamin Harrison, Ferdinand von Richthofen, Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Alfred von Schlieffen, J. E. B. Stuart, and Jonas Lie. Among people deceased in 1897, Johannes Brahms ranks 1. After him are Thérèse of Lisieux, Alphonse Daudet, Karl Weierstrass, Jiroemon Kimura, Edward Drinker Cope, Jacob Burckhardt, Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī, Savitribai Phule, Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria, Albert Marth, and Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johannes Brahms ranks 28 out of 7,253. Before him are Richard Wagner (1813), Karl Benz (1844), Henry Kissinger (1923), Max Weber (1864), Wilhelm Röntgen (1845), and Frederick the Great (1712). After him are Friedrich Engels (1820), Angela Merkel (1954), Max Planck (1858), Bernhard Riemann (1826), Anne Frank (1929), and Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor (1368).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Johannes Brahms ranks 5. Before him are Ludwig van Beethoven (1770), Johann Sebastian Bach (1685), George Frideric Handel (1685), and Richard Wagner (1813). After him are Robert Schumann (1810), Felix Mendelssohn (1809), Jacques Offenbach (1819), Richard Strauss (1864), Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714), Georg Philipp Telemann (1681), and Carl Maria von Weber (1786).

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