Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Wednesday, Nov 20, 2002, at 20:39 America/Los_Angeles, Greg J. Lorenzo wrote: > Peter Klein wrote in part: > >> Brahms didn't write a symphony until middle age. He constantly felt >> inadequate compared to Beethoven. He told a friend, "You don't know >> what >> it is like to be dogged by that giant." >> > > What did he think of Mozart? Mozart: 27th January 1756 -- 5 December 1791 Beethoven: 6 December 1770 (or thereabouts) -- 26 March 1827 Brahms: 7 May 1833 -- 3 April 1897 Presumably the closer proximity, and the fact that Beethoven like Brahms was German, made his presence felt more than Mozart. M. - -- Martin Howard mvhoward@mac.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html