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Johannes Brahms A Carmudgeon?

Johannes Brahms

 Johannes Brahms was something of a carmudgeon and not always pleasant to be around.

When asked by a young woman which of his lieder, or songs, she should buy, he rather unpleasantly recommended some of his posthumous works.

Another lady asked how he wrote such “divine adagios.” He replied that his publisher ordered them that way!