Brahms Quotes

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The Detroit String Quartet played Brahms last night. Brahms lost. — Bennett Cerf
There are some experiences in life which should not be demanded twice from any man, and one of them is listening to the Brahms Requiem. — George Bernard Shaw
I once sent him a song and asked him to mark a cross wherever he thought it was faulty. Brahms returned it untouched, saying 'I… — Hugo Wolf
...stories about [the German composer Johannes] Brahms's rudeness and wit amused me in particular. For instance, I loved the one about how a great wine… — Arthur Rubinstein
I'm too busy playing. When I'm playing I don't pay attention to who's listening. When I was listening I listened to symphony orchestras, Beethoven, Bach,… — Charles Mingus
The real Brahms is nothing more than a sentimental voluptuary. rather tiresomely addicted to dressing himself up as Handel or Beethoven and making a prolonged… — George Bernard Shaw
Brahms' Variations are better than mine, but mine were written before his. — Franz Liszt
A landscape, torn by mists and clouds, in which I can see ruins of old churches, as well as of Greek temples - that is… — Edvard Grieg
I don't believe that a lot of the things I hear on the air today are going to be played for as long a time… — Oscar Peterson
When Brahms is in extra good spirits, he sings, "The grave is my joy". — Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Germans have four violin concertos. The greatest, most uncompromising is Beethovenâ€™s. The one by Brahms vies with it in seriousness. The richest, the most… — Joseph Joachim
Even if you're playing Brahms or a Beethoven concerto, you've got to have a different vantage point, slightly, each time. — Nigel Kennedy
Mostly your love is passionate force. But when this passionate force turns itself to be a compassionate force under the guidance of compassionate intelligence, that… — Harbhajan Singh Yogi
If you go to Japan for instance, you should know that they have a different way of playing Beethoven or Brahms. But if you play… — Kurt Masur
Brahms believed that there was no need to publish absolutely everything that Schubert ever wrote. — Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
That was one of the big problems when I was at Harvard studying music. We had to write choral pieces in the style of Brahms… — Elliott Carter
Listening to my regular favourites - Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms and so on - I always feel, quite misguidedly, that nothing can be too bad if… — Jane Asher
The three greatest composers are Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms. All the others are cretins. — Hans von Bulow
Reviewer: 'One of your themes was very similar to one of Beethoven's!' Brahms replied, 'Of course it is. Everyone steals - the important thing is… — Johannes Brahms
We'll win, of course," he said. "You don't want that," said the demon. "Why not, pray?â€œ â€œListen," said Crowley desperately, "how many musicians do you… — Neil Gaiman

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