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Brahms recycled musical ideas from his own pieces and music from other composers such as . Composers are often influenced by music that came before them. The music of Bach and can be heard in Brahms’ style. Brahms is often considered to be a composer who continued the writing of rich and expressive music, as established by Beethoven at the end of the Classical period. Furthermore, he took music in new directions in the later part of the 19th century - the Romantic period.

The idea of looking back at music became more popular in the late Romantic period and early 20th century. Neo-classical style adopted influences from the past, such as Bach, and incorporated more modern twists. Stravinsky and Satie were composers who chose to compose focusing on key ideas from the Classical period, such as clear and crisp textures, tonal contrasts and balanced phrasing.

Among other composers, Brahms’ music is also recognised for the technical difficulties it presents for the solo performer. Musicians have to be technically skilled to perform these works and this still forms a fundamental part of solo repertoire for piano and violin today.