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johannes brahmas facts

1. bron 7 may in hamesber, Germany 1833

2. 1840 Begins studies with Otto Cossel

3. 1845 Begins studies with Edward Marxsen

4. 1848 First public performance as a solo pianist

5. 1853 Meets Hungarian violinist Remenyi (Eduard Hoffmann) and they tour through North

Germany: to Hanover and Göttingen where Brahms meets German violin virtuoso

Joseph Joachim. They then travel on to Weimar, where Brahms meets Franz Liszt.

Brahms then leaves Remenyi for Düsseldorf and on 31 October he meets Robert and

Clara Schumann. Schumann's article // Neue Bahnen // appears in the // Neue Zeitschrift für //

// Musik //. Brahms then moves on to Leipzig for performances of his compositions and later

returns to Hamburg

6. 1854 Accepts position as Director of Court Concerts and Choral Society for the Prince of

Lippe-Detmold. In February, Robert Schumann has a breakdown, and Brahms returns to

Düsseldorf

7. 1856 29 July: Robert Schumann dies

the year travels to Meinigen || Spring in Vienna. Summer in Bad Ischl ||
 * 8. February: Offered Meinigen court orchestra as a 'rehearsal orchestra', and at the end of
 * January in Berlin

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