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How Schumann Encouraged Brahms: The Story Behind Brahms’s First Symphony

Johannes Brahms (1833–1897) was only twenty years old when he met Robert Schumann (1810–1856) in 1853. He was a talented young musician, but he was still largely unknown. Schumann, already an established composer and respected figure in the musical world, recognized something in him after hearing him play. Rather than...