Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/21
[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, Gre< 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. Beethoven was, after the first Wien school, Mozart and Haydn, one of the main first romantic composers and Brahams may consider himself as a to be on his trail. For him Mozart is far behind in style. Bach was ignored up to the moment Berlioz rediscovered him. But the true german opponent and, again, revolutionary in all senses was in fact Richard Wagner who openen the way for the second Wien school Schomberg, etc. Excuse me not everything in life is Leica... Kind regards Felix - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html