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Offline akonow

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Biography on Brahms
on: October 01, 2008, 03:57:46 AM
Where can I find a very comprehensive biography of Brahms' life? I've been meaning to learn more about his personality, his relationship with the Schumanns, and even possibly his love life... :o
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Re: Biography on Brahms
Reply #1 on: October 01, 2008, 05:01:40 AM
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Re: Biography on Brahms
Reply #2 on: October 03, 2008, 09:27:41 PM
Quote from: akonow on October 01, 2008, 03:57:46 AM
and even possibly his love life... :o

Brahms had a love life????

from what i know he has had no documented relationships
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Re: Biography on Brahms
Reply #3 on: October 03, 2008, 09:38:49 PM
He was a good friend of Clara Schumann.
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Offline akonow

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Re: Biography on Brahms
Reply #4 on: October 03, 2008, 10:25:16 PM
Quote from: healdie on October 03, 2008, 09:27:41 PM
Brahms had a love life????

from what i know he has had no documented relationships
I've heard people say that there were "women in his life," some people even suggest he was in a relationship with Clara at one time and that he regularly enlisted the services of prostitutes but I would like some substantiation to those claims and not just heresay. :)
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Offline Petter

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Re: Biography on Brahms
Reply #5 on: October 03, 2008, 11:00:15 PM
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Johannes-Brahms-Pers%C3%B6nlichkeit-personality-Translated/dp/B0014Q7HBO

This is a very extensive biography about Brahms by Hans Gal, pupil of a close friend of Brahms, I enjoyed reading it. Not sure if it´s still in print...
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Offline webern78

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Re: Biography on Brahms
Reply #6 on: October 21, 2008, 08:36:45 PM
Quote from: healdie on October 03, 2008, 09:27:41 PM
Brahms had a love life????

from what i know he has had no documented relationships

It's well documented that he was madly in love with Clara when he first met her (alas, Robert was still alive at the time so it came to naught), and received plenty of attention from the opposite sex, which was often reciprocated. Hell he even considered marriage at one point. He also seemed to use brothels a lot, and was very popular among the "working" girls since he carried tons of extra cash around which he handed over freely. All this can be gleamed by reading Swafford's biography.
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