THE COMPOSER OF THIS MONTH IS...

JOHANNES BRAHMS



He was born in Hamburg in 1833 and died in Viena in 1897. He was a German composer and pianist, and one of the leading musicians of the Romantic period. And he is considered the most classic romantic composer.

His father, the double bass player Johann Jakob Brahms, gave him his first music lessons. His mother was Hersika Cristina Nissen.
Past many musical experiences, in 1853 made ​​a concert tour with the violinist Eduard Reményi. In this period, he had to play in cabarets and places with popular public. That's why his music is so passionate and any public can understand it. 

He composed a lot of works and many are very famous, like the Lullaby, the Symphony nº3, the Hungarian Dance nº5...
As most composers, Brahms venerated Beethoven, who had a great influence on him. He also worshiped the great composers of the Classic period: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Franz Joseph Haydn.

Brahms developed cancer, we don't know if it was of the liver or pancreas. His condition gradually worsened and he died on 3 April of 1897, at the age of 63.  Brahms is buried in the Zentralfriedhof in Vienna.