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Johannes Brahms Symphony 4 Analysis
Carrie Hawkins
Dr. Wolinski
MUS 327-003
2 March 2016
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 4

Johannes Brahms born on May 7, 1833 was a talented German composer who was known for writing out there and sometimes controversial pieces of music. Some would also consider his writing habits were too out of the ordinary. For example, Brahms liked to write his symphonies or whatever he would be working on during the warmer months like in the spring and summer time. Then he would spend the cooler months going out and performing and maybe even making copies of his works. Also, he based many of his pieces of music off of the outdoors.
Brahms simply just enjoyed the beauty and simplicity of it and decided to let it highly influence him. In 1884 at around the age of fifty or fifty one, Brahms decided he would compose his fourth and final symphony while at a mountain retreat. He had originally composed it for the Meiningen Court Orchestra and was to be conducted by one of his good friends Hans von Bülow. After Brahms had completed his fourth symphony he …show more content…
Brahms went ahead and put out his symphony with Bülow and the Meiningen Court Orchestra it was first performed in October of 1885, and began touring shortly
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