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Did Tchaikovsky and Brahms ever meet?

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As we spoke there was a pause in the music; I begged him to enter, but he felt too nervous, so I opened the door softly and called my husband. He took Tchaikovsky with him and I followed. Tchaikovsky and Brahms had never met before. It would be difficult to find two men more unlike. read more

They did, at least once that we know of: at Leipzig, in 1888. Brahms and Tchaikovsky were in town to have their music performed by the Gewandhaus. Grieg and his wife were also there. Mrs. Grieg was seated between Brahms and Tchaikovsky at dinner, as a buffer, but the situation made her so uncomfortable that Edvard had to take her place. read more

Tchaikovsky and Brahms had never met before. It would be difficult to find two men more unlike. Tchaikovsky, a nobleman by birth, had something elegant and refined in his whole bearing and the greatest courtesy of manner. read more

When Tchaikovsky met Brahms in Germany, the Russian was 48 years old and the German 55. By that point, Tchaikovsky had composed his Piano Concerto No. 1, Violin Concerto, Fourth Symphony, Piano Trio in A minor, ballet Swan Lake and opera Eugene Onegin, but had yet to write The Nutcracker and Sleeping Beauty ballets or his opera The Queen of Spades. read more

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