Brahms Quotes

• A landscape, torn by mists and clouds, in which I can see ruins of old churches, as well as of Greek temples - that is Brahms.

  

  Edvard Grieg
  • Greek
  • Clouds
  • Landscape

• The real Brahms is nothing more than a sentimental voluptuary. rather tiresomely addicted to dressing himself up as Handel or Beethoven and making a prolonged and intolerable noise.

  

  George Bernard Shaw
  • Beethoven
  • Handel
  • Voluptuary

• The only work that can be compared to Chopin's Etudes, innovatively, where every note is essential and one becomes completely exposed, is the Brahms-Paganini variations. These are etudes - not as interesting musically as, say, the Brahms-Handel - but they are incredible.

  

  Carlo Grante
  • Interesting
  • Incredibles
  • Essentials