The Google Doodle for today honours the 190th birthday of renowned German musician and composer Johannes Brahms. Here is all the information you require on him. Johannes Brahms German pianist and composer Johannes Brahms (1833–1917) is largely recognised as one of the best composers of the Romantic era. He composed a variety of musical works, including as choral compositions, chamber music, symphonies, concertos, and solo piano pieces. His four symphonies, violin concerto, German Requiem, and Hungarian Dances are a some of his best-known compositions. Brahms was renowned for his rigorous attention to detail, emotional depth, and aptitude for fusing romantic harmonies and melodies with traditional forms and structures. Google doodle tweet Johannes Brahms Early Life Johannes Brahms was born on May 7, 1833, in Hamburg, Germany. His father, Johann Jakob Brahms, was a double bass player in the Hamburg Philharmonic Society, and his mother, Johanna Henrika Christiane Nissen, was a seamstress ...