"I have played over the music of that scoundrel Brahms. What a giftless bastard!"
By Peter Tchaikovsky, Russian composer
"Brahms is just like Tennyson, an extraordinary musician, with the brains of a third rate village policeman."
By George Bernard Shaw, playwright
"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."
By George Bernard Shaw, playwright
"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 don't want to make a cemetery of your compositions."
By Hugo Wolf, Austrain composer
“Brahms' Variations are better than mine, but mine were written before his.”
By Franz Liszt, Hungarian composer
By Peter Tchaikovsky, Russian composer
"Brahms is just like Tennyson, an extraordinary musician, with the brains of a third rate village policeman."
By George Bernard Shaw, playwright
"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."
By George Bernard Shaw, playwright
"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 don't want to make a cemetery of your compositions."
By Hugo Wolf, Austrain composer
“Brahms' Variations are better than mine, but mine were written before his.”
By Franz Liszt, Hungarian composer
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