Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven)
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The Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, is a choral symphony, the final complete symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven, composed between 1822 and 1824. It was first performed in Vienna on 7 May 1824. The s
19th-century lithograph by Carl Offterdinger, depicting the premiere of the 9th Symphony. Beethoven stands in the center.
Theater am Kärntnertor in 1830
Portrait of Beethoven in 1824, the year his Ninth Symphony was premiered. He was almost completely deaf by the time of its composition.
Caroline Unger, who sang the contralto part at the first performance and is credited with turning Beethoven to face the applauding audience
Symphony No. 1 (Brahms)
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The Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68, is a symphony written by Johannes Brahms. Brahms spent at least fourteen years completing this work, whose sketches date from 1854. Brahms himself declared that
Brahms in 1876
Commemorative plaque at the site of the premiere in Karlsruhe, Germany. The plaque wrote: "In 1813-1814, Friedrich Weinbrenner erected the building of Karlsruhe Museum Society on this site. For a long time it was the intellectual center of our city. On 4 November 1876, The First Symphony of Johannes Brahms was premiered here. This building was destroyed by fire in 1918, and later replaced by this bank building."
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