- The Voice of Brahms - http://www.measure.demon.co.uk/sounds/Brahms.html
Historic samples of his speech and performance from an Edison cylinder.
- Johannes Brahms: Composer - http://members.aol.com/abelard2/brahms.htm
A series of sub-pages devoted to the 100 year anniversary of his death in 1897. Provides translations of essays by his pupil Gustav Jenner and conductor Wilhelm Furtwaengler, plus translations of texts that Brahms set to music.
- Johannes Brahms - http://www.darvas.de/brahms.htm
Film by János Darvas. Complete postproduction script in PDF for download. Includes RAM soundtrack excerpt.
- Johannes Brahms - http://classicals.com/music/JohannesBrahms(1833-1897)hall/mobydick.html
Forum; chat (classicals.com)
- Brahms' Rules of Musical Composition - http://members.aol.com/dmarko1/brahms/index_n.htm
His philosophy and techniques are explored along with those of other composers. Also MSPlus desktop theme and a general music bibliography.
- Johannes Brahms - http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/brahms.html
Article from the Classical Music Pages, including citations from the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music. Includes special focus on various periods in his life and the varying styles and formats he embraced.
- Island of Freedom: Johannes Brahms - http://www.island-of-freedom.com/BRAHMS.HTM
Life and works of the composer with special emphasis on his movement toward absolute music during his latter years.
- Essentials of Music: Brahms - http://www.essentialsofmusic.com/composer/brahms.html
Biography includes influences and a list of works. Links to information on the Romantic period and RAM file excerpts of some of his compositions.
- Johannes Brahms - http://library.thinkquest.org/10400/html/composers/brahms.html
ThinkQuest article includes brief biography with link to extended reading on his life and works.
- Brahms, Johannes - http://www.hnh.com/composer/brahms.htm
Brief biography and caricature with short essays on different types of compositions, including orchestral, chamber, piano, and vocal and choral music with recommended Naxos recordings.
- The Symphony: Johannes Brahms - http://library.thinkquest.org/22673/brahms.html
Interactive guide includes biography, samples of music including RAM playback, and has special emphases on specific features of his works.
- Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms - http://www.lessontutor.com/eesSchumannBrahms.html
The relationship between the widow of Robert Schumann and the bachelor is explored through a creative writing assignment. Includes related links.
- Johannes Brahms - http://www.lessontutor.com/bf2.html
Sympathetic biographical essay about his life, his music, and his relationship with the Schumann family with links to related essays and creative writing assignments.
- Brahms, Johannes (1833 - 1897), Germany - http://stevenestrella.com/composers/composerfiles/brahms1897.html
Biographical data, recommended CDs, books and sheet music, bibliography, and links to biographical essays from Dr. Estrella's Incredibly Abridged Dictionary of Composers.
- Grave of Johannes Brahms - http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=129
Find a Grave photographs of the composer's Vienna burial place. Link to the cemetery shows other notables sharing his resting place, including Johann Strauss, Sr. and Jr., Beethoven, and Czerny, also the cenotaph of Mozart.
- Johannes Brahms: An Overview - http://www.mfiles.co.uk/Composers/Johannes-Brahms.htm
Illustrated biographical article from mfiles, noting major works, with links and examples of sheet music, MIDI and MP3 files.
- MSN Learning & Research: Brahms, Johannes - http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761559088
Concise Encarta Encyclopedia article on the composer with citation guidelines and links to other sites.
- Classical Music Archives: Brahms - http://www.classicalarchives.com/brahms.html
Over 320 complete works by Brahms offered in MIDI, MP3, and Windows Media audio formats, including live recordings of featured artists. Two biographies, including that from the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. Timelines, search engine.
- Brahms, Johannes - http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/b/brahms-j1.asp
Encyclopedia.com entry includes life story, pronunciation guide, bibliography, and premium links to Electric Library resources.
- Brahms, Johannes - http://www.wqxr.com/cgi-bin/iowa/cla/learning/grove.html?record=1249
Musical biography that shows the effects of his personality on his compositions. Includes education, development and evolution of style, noted pieces, and a summary list of works. From the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio.
- Johannes Brahms - http://www.kunstderfuge.com/brahms.htm
List of works, biography, and free MIDI audio files from On Classical/Kunst der Fuge.
- American Brahms Society - http://pubpages.unh.edu/~dbmk/abs/
Official site offers general information, news and events, activities, academic scholarship, and links.
- Classic Cat - http://www.classiccat.net/brahms_j/index.htm
Directory of mp3s on the internet that have been made available by the performing artists.
- Johannes Brahms - http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0005974/
Listing of over seventy-five films using his music includes links to each and related materials from the Internet Movie Database (IMDb).
- Austrian Tourist Board: Brahms - http://cms.austria.info/kultur_detail...2.html?_h=kultur&id=308793&_hm=301318&_um=&_b=c2&_ks=1
Extensive illustrated biography.
- Johannes Brahms - http://www.ipl.org/div/mushist/rom/brahms.htm
Biographical article with examination of Classical and Romantic sources and RA audio samples from the Music History 102 collection of the Internet Public Library.
- Johannes Brahms - http://www.mosingers.com/composers/brahms.html
Biography touching on personal and musical highlights from the Michael O'Neal Singers' Composer of the Month feature. Includes links.
- Johannes Brahms WebSource - http://www.johannesbrahms.org/
Chronological biography linked to further resources in English, German, and French, works list, festivals and events, societies, museums, and scholars, image gallery, and annotated links from Ingraham Cultural Resources Management Corporation.
- Brahms at the Piano: Musical Archaeology - http://ccrma.stanford.edu/groups/edison/brahms/brahms.html
An analysis and transcription of the 1889 cylinder recording of Johannes Brahms performance of a segment of his First Hungarian Dance by Jonathan Berger. Includes illustrations and links to further resources.
- Johannes Brahms: The Last Classicist - http://humanitiesweb.org/human.php?s=c&p=c&a=i&ID=51
Brief biography, list of key works, quotes, recommended reading and recordings, timeline, and further resources from Humanities Web.
- Johannes Brahms - http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/brahms.html
Suggested biographies and scores, CD reviews, MIDI audio samples, portrait, links, and recommended recordings from the Classical Net Basic Repertoire List.
- Johannes Brahms - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Brahms
Wikipedia article with his life, works, influences, personality, and portrait. Includes references to books, movies, and pop culture with internal and external links to related people, topics, and audio files.
- Johannes Brahms - http://www.classicalmusicmidipage.com/music/index.php?composer=4
List of downloadable audio files from the Classical Music MIDI Page.
- Johannes Brahms - http://unitel.de/ucatalog/composer/brahms.htm
Unitel Catalog listing with annotated discography noting performer, conductors, and related material for the recorded performances of selected works.
- Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897) - http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-perl/music/muze/index.pl?site=music&action=biography&artist_id=43524
Detailed biography from BBC Music with discography and links to related material and searches.
- Brahms - http://www.musicweb.uk.net/classrev/2002/July02/Brahms_profile.htm
Lengthy essay by David Wright from his series "Great Composers." Details the influence of the Schumann family and notes what set him apart from other deemed merely very good.
- Brahms: Narrated Biography - http://www.naxos.com/scripts/newreleases/blurbs_reviews.asp?catNum=558071&filetype=Spoken%20Text&language=Page1
Full text with production notes of a telling of his life through the reading of letters. A companion of the 4 CD set from Naxos.
- Johannes Brahms - http://www.recmusic.org/lieder/b/brahms.html
Entry at the Lied and Art Songs Text Page listing hundreds of individual vocal works and cycles with lyrics. Includes many with English and other translations.
- Johannes Brahms - http://www.karadar.it/Dictionary/brahms.html
Karadar Music Dictionary entry with life, works, illustrations, catalogue, and MIDI audio files.
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