Brahms, Johannes

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A nineteenth-century German romantic composer (see romanticism); his works include symphonies, concertos, chamber music, songs, and A German Requiem , a piece for soloists, chorus, and orchestra.

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Brahms's “Lullaby” is a beloved short work. The words often sung to it begin, “Lullaby, and good night.”

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Brahms, Johannes, and the Schumanns, xiv, 337.

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Brahms, Johannes, a distinguished composer, born at Hamburg; of great promise from a boy; settled in Vienna; has no living rival; the appearance of compositions of his an event in the musical world; approaches Beethoven as no other does; distinguished as a performer as well as a composer; b.

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