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Composer of the Week Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Episodes

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  1. The Senile Production

    5/5 On the completion of Brahms's Double Concerto, dubbed by one critic a 'senile production'.

  2. The Little Leopard and the Great Lion

    4/5 Brahms's collaboration with the court of Saxe-Meiningen's musical director, Hans von Bulow

  3. Reducing a Hostess to Tears

    3/5 How Brahms reduced a society hostess to tears for owning 'Wagnerian trash'.

  4. The German Requiem

    2/5 How, with premieres ahead in Bremen Cathedral, Brahms finally finished his German Requiem.

  5. The Summer of Love

    1/5 Donald Macleod focuses on Brahms's secret engagement to Agathe von Siebold.