Strauss Jr. and Brahms: Friends

A brief glimpse into the the friendship of two of the worlds' greatest composers.  I wish I could have been there.  Strauss was known as the "King of Three Quarter Time" or the "Waltz King".   Used in countless cartoons, television shows, and movies (Spongebob as of late), Strausses "Blue Danube" is arguably the worlds most recognizable waltz tune.  Though vastly different in style and scope Brahms' music was equally as popular.  Every night his "Lullaby" is sung and hummed to millions of children before bedtime.

Johannes Brahms was a personal friend of Strauss, and to whom the latter dedicated his waltz "Seid umschlungen, Millionen!" ("Be Embraced, You Millions!"), Op. 443.^[18] A story is told in biographies of both men that Strauss's wife Adele approached Brahms with a customary request that he autograph her fan. It was usual for the composer to inscribe a few measures of his best-known music, and then sign his name. Brahms, however, inscribed a few measures from the "Blue Danube", and then wrote beneath it: "Unfortunately, NOT by Johannes Brahms."^[19]

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