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Johannes Brahms
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Johannes Brahms’s early piano instruction began with his father, Jakob Brahms, who was a professional horn and double bass player. At the age of seven, he was sent to study with F.W. Cossel. Three years later, Cossel passed the young student to his own teacher, Eduard Marxsen, who provided further training.1