{"id":4338,"date":"2016-04-02T19:46:09","date_gmt":"2016-04-02T08:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emotemuse.com\/g\/?p=4338"},"modified":"2016-04-02T19:46:09","modified_gmt":"2016-04-02T08:46:09","slug":"brahms-pranks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wedgebillmusic.com\/?p=4338","title":{"rendered":"Brahms’ pranks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hannes was not always solemn – far from it!\u00a0 He could be as full of fun and wild pranks as any boy.\u00a0 With Christian he worked out a scheme which they both found hugely entertaining.\u00a0 They would knock at the door of a house where, perhaps a century before, some illustrious citizen of Hamburg had once lived.<\/p>\n

“Is\u00a0 Herr Georg Friedrich Handel at home?” they would ask with great seriousness.<\/p>\n

“Herr Handel?” The housewife would look puzzled .\u00a0 “Why, no – I don’t know anyone by that name.”<\/p>\n

“Are you quite sure now?” the young rascals would insist with feigned astonishment.\u00a0 “We understood that this was his house.” Then they would hurry off, shaking with laughter.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Source: Goss, Madeleine & Schauffler, Robert (1943) Brahms The Master<\/em>. New York: Henry Holt and Company, p.182-183.<\/p>\n

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