Talk:Piano Concerto No. 1 (Brahms)

message: "Brahms finished the concerto on the third-year anniversary of the death of Clara Schumann, who he was said to be madly in love with."
How could it be possible if Clara died in 1896, and Brahms in 1897? --Leonardo T. de Oliveira 00:15, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Its supposed to be Robert Schumann's death.  I inserted a Robert in there to make it a bit more clear (though the whole section could use a rewrite).  I'm not quite sure its true though.  Robert Schumann died in July 1856 and the concerto premiered in January 1859. DavidRF 03:20, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Schumann's death

message: I linked to Bidini's performance because it was legal to do so (or most likely so -the pianist links to it from his own site). The Ashkenazy one now linked to is almost certainly not, and most likely has been illegally uploaded to Youtube; and  So while the latter performance is better, we may not use it, and the change needs to be reverted. Schissel | Sound the Note! 02:19, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Anything that's not conducted my Giulini. :P I'm fine with the revert. —  $PЯINGεrαgђ  05:56, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bidini vs. Ashkenazy links:explaining why I put the Bidini back in 

message: The amount of time and effort spent in analyzing this concerto is commendable. But it seems the majority of people who will read this article may either be those who are new to this piece of music or to classical music in general. They may not be musicians or schooled in the technical aspects of classical music to any substantial degree. Either way, will they want to read the analytical detail currently in the article?  It would seem better to briefly encapsulate each movement. Jonyungk (talk) 03:56, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Too much analysis? 

message: Robert Schumann did attempt suicide but he never committed suicide. He may have had a latent case of syphilis but it was pneumonia that eventually killed him.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kingdave84 (talk • contribs) 16:53, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Schumann's Suidide? 

message: We're saying it happened in both places.  One or the other, please, not both.  But which one?  --  Jack of Oz  ... speak! ...  09:52, 13 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The reference says Hanover, so I've updated the article to reflect this.  --Deskford (talk) 18:27, 13 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Premiere: Hanover or Hamburg?

message: The WP article on Clara Schumann says that in the 1870s she, and Brahms, revived this concerto and brought it into the frequently performed reportory. A footnote gives Joseph Braunstein, Liner notes for a recording of Clara's own piano concerto. I would prefer a more widely accessible reference and so I'll look for one before inserting in the article.Marlindale (talk) 22:40, 3 June 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I could not check the claim. It seems that Brahms and Clara each may have played the concerto only once in concert during the 1870's and that it was Hans von Bűlow in the 1880s who gave a big push (concert tour performances) to the concerto (and No. 2) as I wrote in the article. Marlindale (talk) 04:24, 6 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Revival in the 1870s

message: There is not much said that I can find about the success or failure, or quality, of the first performance in Hanover, but relatively a lot said about negative reaction (despite possible good quality) to the next, Leipzig performance. Could it be that Hanover was viewed as a "small-time" venue, a kind of warmup to the "big-time" of Leipzig? Marlindale (talk) 03:32, 23 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hanover as New Haven, Leipzig as Broadway? 

message: It would be nice to show the composition of the orchestra (as is done for the Brahms Concerto No. 2 for instance). I will do it when I get a chance -- and this can be deleted.
Beowulf (talk) 19:11, 15 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Orchestra 

message: The WP article on the city is titled "Hanover". One can reach it with Hannover. "Hanover, Germany" as it was before today also actually works because Hanover does lead to the desired article.   (talk) 03:56, 6 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  German city Hannover 

message: Andris Nelsons is an interesting conductor, close to the top of the profession and not yet age 40, so why delete a recording by him? I will put it back. Marlindale (talk) 04:06, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Andris Nelsons 

message: The article Natural horn says "Brahms did not care for the valved horn" and wrote for natural horn, with a footnote to K. C. Moore, "The persistence of the natural horn in the romantic period." I seem to recall that Brahms' preference is mentioned in some other article(s) on his pieces, but I don't recall which. Marlindale (talk) 16:38, 3 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Natural vs. French horn 

message: Some scores have a D for the final 6 notes of the timpani part (instead of an A). But I can't remember which editions, or where this suggestion came from. Lawrence18uk (talk) 19:04, 13 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Textual Variations: Timp note at end of Adagio