Johannes Brahms was a well-known German composer and pianist best remembered for his choral work ‘A German Requiem.’ Although the experimental musicians like the followers of Liszt and Wagner considered him old fashioned, critics in general accorded him the same rank as Bach and Beethoven. In fact, all through his life he had championed the Classical tradition of Joseph Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven and his works combined the warmth of the Romantic era with the restrain of classical music. Born to a struggling musician, he began performing in taverns and dance halls at the age of thirteen. Very soon, he began to write his own music. By the time he was twenty, he was able to catch the attention of many established musicians and music critics. However, the real fame came when he settled in Vienna in early 1860s and wrote his famous piece ‘A German Requiem’. Brahms was always a perfectionist and rewrote each work several times. In his long career, he had composed varied types of works such as symphonies, concerti, chamber music, piano works and choral compositions. In addition to that, he had also left more than two hundred songs.