On the trail of . . . Johannes Brahms in Hamburg

November 22, 2016

It’s not exactly where you’d wish to be born and grow up, is it? A large, shabby tenement building in a run-down area of Hamburg, close to the city walls. This is the crowded Gängeviertel, or Laneway Quarter of the North German port city, where tall, gabled wood-framed buildings of brick, clay and straw are […]

2016 | Strings | Media: Brahms birthplace, Brahms in Hamburg, Brahms museum, Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg Composer’s Quarter, Hamburg Komponisten-Quartier, Johann Jacob Brahms, Johanna Henrica Christiane Brahms, Peterstrasse | Tags: Gängeviertel, Hamburg Brahms Museum, Hamburg Komponisten-Quartier, Hamburg Philharmonic Society, Johann Jacob Brahms, Johanna Henrica Christiane Nissen, Michaeliskirche Hamburg, Peterstrasse 39, Speckgang 24