Brahms' Hungarian Dances
Brahms’ “Hungarian Dances” are some of the most fun and energetic pieces in classical music, and they come with a great backstory. Shocked by Hungarian folk music At that beginning of 1850s, Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) was touring as an accompanist with the Hungarian violinist Ede Reményi, who had fled Hungary as a political refugee. Reményi used to play traditional Hungarian tunes during their…










