The third German B ...
(Johannes Brahms, Beethoven and Bach with the group as "the three B German," the greatest composers of that country.)
Johannes Brahms was a man seemingly contradictory: his work reveals an exceptional sensitivity, extreme tenderness and delicacy of feeling, which contrasts with their appearance in real life. Many seemed a man rude, sarcastic, gargantuan, greedy and sloppy (although it was quite handsome, with his Nordic appearance, never cared for his appearance). But this apparent contradiction was only that in the end, the truth is that her beauty was above all in his kindness and generosity of spirit. He composed his final tearful piano works, watched all his life, his feelings of love and reflected in all his work the best feelings of a generous and noble soul.
Born in 1833, and came from a family so humble that since I was a child had to help the family economy playing the piano in the slums of the slums of Hamburg, their hometown, surrounded by sailors and prostitutes, and where he experienced such harsh conditions that would mark the for life.
seems that such experiences pushed him to become a being sullen and surly in their dealings with others, especially women, from those who always distrusted and despised most of the time. But for some of his biographers, that fact also led him to live a "parallel life" on then focusing on your inner world and his music, which would overturn all that really was inside: kindness, generosity, sensitivity and tenderness.
As he grew older and matured, his fame as a pianist, choir director and composer grew in the same measure, it was souring his character began to make known for his rudeness with the ladies, especially the aristocracy, and its withdrawal in the presence of more people.
But all that changed when he met the Schumann family. This relationship is one of the most moving and interesting occurred between two artists ... The great Robert Schumann (composer dedicated) and his wife Clara (pianist of the time) failed to see the young to a new "elected" supported him, helped and welcomed into his family, was a friendship that would last the rest of their lives. The generosity of Robert and Clara, the young Brahms gave significant support not only for his career as a musician but also great moments of personal happiness.
Over time, Johannes had the opportunity to give back much more than delivery: when Robert Schumann went mad and finally died, the youth was the great support and company of Clara and her seven children, she had to return to give piano concerts and classes to raise her family and certainly without the tremendous comfort and support Johannes economic, and by then a renowned musician, could not have done.
However, in the heart of the great musician had not only love and gratitude to Clara, also a great love for her and her children all the meanness he had for himself, (he will go with the gloves broken Viennese winter) became total selflessness and generosity when was to help them financially. We know he came to express through letters to Clara his enormous love for her-in person was incapable of doing, "and also seemed to correspond Clara: but the great friendship and respect that bound them together with some reluctance to" betray Robert memory ", which both had wanted thus prevented them from anything else.
Throughout his life he was linked with other women, which never really paid much attention, all his life he was aware of that ideal and platonic relationship with Clara Schumann ... So when she died, Brahms was never the same, even said he sensed his own death and, and indeed it was: the death overtook him less than a year after his beloved Clara on April 3, 1897 , in Vienna, 64.
died alone. Clara never wanted to marry, she accounted for the musician the paradigm of Platonic love and sublimated, always close but never reached, and only able to express fully abstract and universal language: its music.
is With Brahms very difficult, if not impossible, to choose "work."
For starters I found this great little piece for piano solo, part of a collection of three: the opus 117, is the first of three: a lullaby.
This collection is more along with some similar features, the latest works that Brahms wrote: At the end of his life, after composing all sorts of musical genres with great success (symphonies, chamber music, concertos various instruments and orchestra, choral works, etc), wanted to close the circle of his life, looking back and to himself .... turning their expertise in these short pieces for solo piano, his instrument of the soul.
They say, old man, when he sat at the piano and wrote the music, he was moved to tears while soaking his beard ....
In these short pieces Brahms resume their know-how: a complex harmony, an elaborate evolution of issues and a subtle piano writing that almost takes the form of personal confession. Seemingly simple, requires a large technical mastery of the instrument, especially regarding the control of the sound, and above all, a great musical. All have the same structure into three distinct parts by the very nature of each item. This is part of the score of what's playing.
These works are part of the repertoire of every pianist, I like many versions, today I propose that of the French pianist Helene Grimaud because I think the most out of them.
I told you that you hear is the first of three parts, I encourage you to listen to the other two are in this Youtube link.
Hope you like it who are not know it: to those who already have heard, I'm sure you love ... to me this piece comes to me in a special way (bearing in mind that Brahms is one of my biggest weaknesses).
I used to play it when I was pregnant, and when the baby was born ... I assure you recognize this music!
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