page_title: Nänie
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caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Johannes Brahms, deutscher Komponist, Pianist und Dirigent English: Johannes Brahms, german composer, pianist and conductor
context_page_description: Nänie is a composition for SATB chorus and orchestra, Op. 82 by Johannes Brahms, which sets to music the poem "Nänie" by Friedrich Schiller. Brahms composed the piece in 1881, in memory of his deceased friend Anselm Feuerbach. Nänie is a lamentation on the inevitability of death; the first sentence, "Auch das Schöne muß sterben", translates to "Even the beautiful must die". Typical duration of a performance is approximately 15 minutes.
context_section_description: Nänie (the German form of Latin naenia, meaning "a funeral song" named after the Roman goddess Nenia) is a composition for SATB chorus and orchestra, Op. 82 by Johannes Brahms, which sets to music the poem "Nänie" by Friedrich Schiller. Brahms composed the piece in 1881, in memory of his deceased friend Anselm Feuerbach. Nänie is a lamentation on the inevitability of death; the first sentence, "Auch das Schöne muß sterben", translates to "Even the beautiful must die". Typical duration of a performance is approximately 15 minutes.
caption: The composer in 1887
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