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Brahms "In tune with the Infinite" by CRAIG PEARSON, PH.D. on MAY 10, 2011 Johannes Brahms 18331897 Germany In his early teens, to support his family, Brahms earned money playing in dance halls and inns around the docks in Hamburg the same area and the kinds of places where the Beatles would develop their performing skills just over a century later. When Brahms was 20 he met the renowned violinist Joseph Joachim, who recognized his gifts and introduced him to the composer Robert Schumann.