{"id":38464,"date":"2021-02-12T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/?p=38464"},"modified":"2022-09-04T10:18:12","modified_gmt":"2022-09-04T08:18:12","slug":"johannes-brahms-bear-mal-leche-or-wounded-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/music\/johannes-brahms-bear-mal-leche-or-wounded-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Johannes Brahms, bear or wounded man?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='content_excerpt'>\n<p>Le Regard Libre N\u00b0 70 - Jean-David Ponci<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\"><strong>Brahms had a reputation as a misanthrope, and his music was often heavy and too academic. Brahms, a North German, had little love for France, and French composers never ceased to denigrate him. It was said that, thanks to his many trips to Italy, his sauerkraut was often sprinkled with ambrosia, the drink of the gods. It's true... 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