That's interesting. I don't know that about Brahms. I do know that Hitler used to bang on about how Brahms was the darling of the moneyed Vienna Jews in comparison to local-boy-makes-good Bruckner (whom I can't listen to).
Two stories about Brahms. Hans von Bülow (he later recanted, handsomely, to Verdi himself) wrote that Verdi's Requiem…
That's interesting. I don't know that about Brahms. I do know that Hitler used to bang on about how Brahms was the darling of the moneyed Vienna Jews in comparison to local-boy-makes-good Bruckner (whom I can't listen to).
Two stories about Brahms. Hans von Bülow (he later recanted, handsomely, to Verdi himself) wrote that Verdi's Requiem was trashy. Brahms was intrigued, went out and bought the score and said, "Von Bülow has made a fool of himself. It's a work of genius."
Once on holiday in Italy his train passed through Pesaro and he made the men in the compartment stand and bare their heads. It's Rossini's hometown.
That's interesting. I don't know that about Brahms. I do know that Hitler used to bang on about how Brahms was the darling of the moneyed Vienna Jews in comparison to local-boy-makes-good Bruckner (whom I can't listen to).
Two stories about Brahms. Hans von Bülow (he later recanted, handsomely, to Verdi himself) wrote that Verdi's Requiem was trashy. Brahms was intrigued, went out and bought the score and said, "Von Bülow has made a fool of himself. It's a work of genius."
Once on holiday in Italy his train passed through Pesaro and he made the men in the compartment stand and bare their heads. It's Rossini's hometown.