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accompanied by pizzicato strings and
woodwind solos.
Instrumentation: Two flutes, two oboes, two
clarinets, two bassoons, two horns and strings.
The first movement opens
with three rising chords that
spell out F–A (flat)–F,
a personal motto for
Brahms that pervades much
of the symphony.
Symphony No. 3 in F Major
Johannes Brahms
Born in Hamburg, Germany, May 7, 1833; died
in Vienna, Austria, April 3, 1897
Most of the major works of Johannes
Brahms’ maturity were composed in summertime in beautiful rural settings overlooking tranquil lakes and alpine peaks.
But during the summer of 1883, his Third
Symphony was written in a more urban
location: a lofty studio overlooking the
German Rhineland city of Wiesbaden.
The urge to create this work had come on
the composer while visiting Wiesbaden
and, rather than lose inspiration traveling to a vacation retreat, he stayed on.
And there was another compelling reason
to stay: a rich-voiced contralto named
Hermine Spies. Brahms had just met her
and was captivated by her marvelous voice
and vivacious personality. Another of this
confirmed bachelor’s romantic friendships ensued, even though Fräulein Spies
was young enough to be the 50-year-old
Brahms’ daughter. He wrote many songs
for her, and she became his favorite interpreter of the Alto Rhapsody.
And so even without mountain views,
the summer of 1883 was a particularly
happy one, and the Third Symphony, his
shortest, was born with ease. The least
often performed of Brahms’ four, it is
his most refined and densely constructed
symphony: one in which he distills the
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