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brahms was pushed by his father to play the piano for money. so he pretty much just played the piano with a lot of talent:]
No, but he played the piano.
he played guitar hero
No, Louise Japha was a fellow-pupil of Eduard Marxsen, with whom Brahms studied with when he was young. She reported a piano sonata that Brahms had played or improvised at the age of 11, but destroyed in later life.
Brahms was a virtuoso Pianist. Like his father, he also played the horn. In his early years, Brahms found employment as a third horn player, as well as piano. Although the valve horn was around at the time, Brahms favored the timbre of the natural horn.
He was a piano virtuoso and you know how those piano virtuosos componse good compositions. He was rooted in the baroque and classical masters. You have to hear some of his compositions to feel this.
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No, but he played the piano.
Marilyn S. Brossard has written: 'A study of the musical significance of hemiola in selected piano works by Johannes Brahms' -- subject(s): Musical meter and rhythm
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Yes, a lot of composers preferred to play viola, including Beethoven, Bach, Mozart and others.
This Sonata is from Johannes Brahms and is an author transcription for viola of the original for clarinet. http://www.classical.net/music/recs/reviews/m/mer84190a.php