Brahms and beethoven

1. What did Brahms say about Beethoven?
2. Was Brahms compared to Beethoven?
3. Did Brahms study with Beethoven?
4. Who was Brahms in love with?

What did Brahms say about Beethoven?

Brahms was well aware that he stood in Beethoven's shadow. (Beethoven, after all, is classical's Greatest Of All Time, or GOAT). He opined, "You have no idea of how it feels — always to hear the tramp of such a giant [Beethoven] behind you."

Was Brahms compared to Beethoven?

By age 20, Brahms was frequently compared to Beethoven by people who met him or heard him play. My interest is in the way he was influenced by Beethoven and the manner in which he eventually found his own voice.

Did Brahms study with Beethoven?

Brahms venerated Beethoven; in the composer's home, a marble bust of Beethoven looked down on the spot where he composed, and some passages in his works are reminiscent of Beethoven's style.

Who was Brahms in love with?

Johannes Brahms - Capriccio, Op. 76, No. 1, Manuscript facsimile, 1871. Scholars have devoted a great deal of attention to the relationship between Johannes Brahms and Clara Schumann.