Johannes Brahms: Quick Facts

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Born	May 7, 1833 • Hamburg • Germany
Died	April 3, 1897 (aged 63) • Vienna • Austria-Hungary
Notable Works	“A German Requiem” • “Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80” • “Four Serious Songs” • “Hungarian Dances” • “Liebeslieder waltzes” • “Piano Quartet in G Minor” • “Serenade No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11” • “Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68” • “Symphony No. 2 in D Major” • “Symphony No. 3 in F Major” • “Symphony No. 4 in E Minor” • “Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56” • “Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77”
Movement / Style	Romanticism