Well, I was reading about one of my favorite composers today, Johannes Brahms. I have made myself a project of fully immersing myself into his four symphonies. In my younger years, when I was hearing these works for the first time, the common question among new aquaintances, who were well versed in classical music, was always, "what's the best Brahms Symphony?!" I asked one of my old teachers this question one time, and after a little discussion and singing our favorite melodies and themes of the symphonies to one another for while, he waved the question off and said, "Ach, it's a stupid question. It's futile to compare masterpieces!!" Oh, man, I loved that. So now when the question comes up I always say this as if I had come up with it on my own. Pretty smart of me, eh?
I just realized that I've never seen a picture of Brahms before. Unless that's a picture of your grandfather... then again, I haven't seen a picture of him either. :)
ReplyDeleteAny of those masterpieces have a mandolin part? Fiddle on Neddy Nero I hear the fire crackling, maybe we can roast some hot dogs!
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