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'''Johannes Brahms''' (1833-1897) was a German [[classical music]] composer, whom [[conductor]] Hans van Bülow dubbed as one of the "three ''B's''" ([[Bach]], [[Beethoven]], and Brahms). Joseph Machlis, contrasting him with contemporaries [[Hector Berlioz|Berlioz]], [[Richard Wagner|Wagner]], and [[Franz Liszt|Liszt]], called him

'''Johannes Brahms''' (1833-1897) was a German [[classical music]] composer, whom [[conductor]] Hans van Bülow dubbed as one of the "three ''B's''" ([[Bach]], [[Beethoven]], and Brahms). Joseph Machlis, contrasting him with contemporaries [[Hector Berlioz|Berlioz]], [[Richard Wagner|Wagner]], and [[Franz Liszt|Liszt]], called him

:an austere, high-minded musician dedicated to the purity of the classical style. His veneration for the past and his mastery of the architecture of absolute music brought him closer to the spirit of Beethoven than any of his contemporaries.<ref>Machlis, Joseph (1970), ''The Enjoyment of Music,'' 3rd edition, W. W. Norton</ref>

:an austere, high-minded musician dedicated to the purity of the classical style. His veneration for the past and his mastery of the architecture of absolute music brought him closer to the spirit of Beethoven than any of his contemporaries.<ref>Machlis, Joseph (1970), ''The Enjoyment of Music,'' 3rd edition, W. W. Norton</ref>