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Composer
Johannes Brahms
| 1833-1897Johannes Brahms' study of musical tradition was of crucial importance to his output: he combined church modes, canonic technique, Baroque style and diction, Bach's counterpoint and Beethoven's thematic-motivic work with the harmonic and expressive achievements of Romanticism to form his own distinctive style. In this respect his choral songs and vocal quartets (e.g. the “Liebeslieder Waltzes” and “New Liebeslieder Waltzes”), often to folk song texts, in which a musical microcosm unfolds, are examplary. His “Deutsches Requiem”, available from Carus in several different versions, constitutes one of the most fascinating confessions of faith in the history of music. Personal details
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Songwriter / Librettist
Friedrich Hebbel
| 1813-1863Christian Friedrich Hebbel was a German playwright, poet and storyteller. Hebbel's work is classified as Vormär, and later also as Realism. His best-known works include the drama Die Nibelungen and the tragedies Agnes Bernauer and Maria Magdalena. Personal details