The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Macropaedia (19 v.)Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1983 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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Page 107
... Brahms family to travel to the United States , where the young pianist could have be- come rich . The temptation was ... Brahms's future career . He developed into an outstanding pianist but considered this an avocation since he was ...
... Brahms family to travel to the United States , where the young pianist could have be- come rich . The temptation was ... Brahms's future career . He developed into an outstanding pianist but considered this an avocation since he was ...
Page 108
... Brahms's followers and delighted , but when he found out. in this , that I am not a cosmopolitan , but love my native town as a mother ... And now this hostile friend comes and ousts me ... perhaps for ever . How rare it is for one of us ...
... Brahms's followers and delighted , but when he found out. in this , that I am not a cosmopolitan , but love my native town as a mother ... And now this hostile friend comes and ousts me ... perhaps for ever . How rare it is for one of us ...
Page 109
... Brahms's English admirers had to accept the composer's idiosyncrasy . To make up for the loss of the Cambridge degree , the Philharmonic Soci- ety of London awarded him their gold medal in 1877 . Brahms was not , moreover , to be ...
... Brahms's English admirers had to accept the composer's idiosyncrasy . To make up for the loss of the Cambridge degree , the Philharmonic Soci- ety of London awarded him their gold medal in 1877 . Brahms was not , moreover , to be ...
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