Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms was born in Hamburg, Germany 7 May 1833 and died in Vienna 3 April 1897. He was one of the truly outstanding composers of the nineteenth century. In his own unique way he managed to apply compositional achievements of the past, such as those found in Bach or Beethoven, to his own romantic epoch. In doing so he created music of the highest artistic quality, characterized not only by a wholly individual style but also by extraordinary versatility.
With the exception of the field of opera, Brahms devoted himself to every genre. His instrumental works include four symphonies, four concertos, a large amount of chamber music, as well as numerous works for piano and for organ. No less important for him was vocal music. Along with his more than 200 lieder he composed many works for both female and male choirs, for mixed choir, some a cappella, and some with small instrumental accompaniment or with full orchestra. His "A German Requiem" op. 45 turned out to be one of these choral works with full orchestra. It caused Brahms' reputation to rise in the estimation of his contemporaries to such an extent, that from then on he was regarded unequivocally as one of Europe's foremost composers.
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