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anecdotes from famous classical musicians. Their stories
will remind of us our current day musicians.
Johnannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Brahms was born in Hamburg, Germany.
Brahms started to play the piano at the age of seven and at the age of
10 he was fortunate in having as a teacher of piano and theory a fine
musician named Edward Marxsen.
Did you know that as a young man Brahms
helped his family out financially by making arrangements of popular
waltzes for a music publisher and by playing in taverns and theaters.
His payment for a night was "two thalers and all the beer he
wanted." Does this sound like jazz musicians in the the 20th century?
Brahms career was established when Shumann took him under his
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Johann Strauss (1825-1899)
Johann Strauss Sr. was called "The
Father of the Waltz", and Johann Straus Jr. was called "The Waltz King".
Strauss Sr. played at the age of 15, played in a quartet
and the group became the most fashionable dance musicians of Vienna. Strauss later split with
this group and by his mid twenties
he was playing in the largest outdoor gardens. His reputation
spread and he toured all of the capital cities of western
Europe. His orchestra became the official dance orchestra for
Austrian court Balls.
Johann Strauss Jr. dreamed of playing waltzes in front of an orchestra
like his father. His father did not want him
to become a musician. When his father deserted the family, the
young Strauss had no opposition and at the age of nineteen he started
his first orchestra ad played in
competition.
When his father died he took over his orchestra and became even more
popular than his
father touring in Russia and the United States. Strauss died in 1894
and a whole era came to an end-the era of dancing in Vienna. He
had dreamed of becoming a coffee-house musician and had instead
become one of the world's best loved
composers.
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Gioacchin Rossini
(1792-1868)
An Italian composer, known for
his light operas, particularly The barber of Seville. When asked how
he liked Wagner's opera Tannhauser, his
responded, "It is a music one must hear several times and I
am
not going
again."
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