(1833 - 1897)
Johannes Brahms was born in 1833 and died in 1897. A German composer and pianist, Brahms was one of the leading musicians of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria. In his lifetime, Brahms's popularity and influence were considerable; following a comment by the nineteenth-century conductor Hans von Bülow, he is sometimes grouped with Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven. Brahms composed for piano, chamber ensembles, symphony orchestra, and for voice and chorus. A virtuoso pianist, he premiered many of his own works he also worked with some of the leading performers of his time, including the pianist Clara Schumann and the violinist Joseph Joachim. Many of his works have become staples of the modern concert repertoire. Brahms, an uncompromising perfectionist, destroyed many of his works and left some of them unpublished.
Johannes Brahms Composition Timpani and Percussion Requirements
Academic Festival Overture
Timpani
Int'l 32/29/26 Prem 32/30/28
3 percussion
Triangle, orchestral bass drum, clash cymbals
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Hungarian Dances
Timpani
Int'l 32/29/26 Prem 32/30/28
3 percussion
Triangle, snare drum, tambourine, clash cymbals, orchestral bass drum
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