The three B’s of classical music, Bach, Beethoven and Brahms lived in the baroque, classical and romantic eras of music respectively. While Ludwig von Beethoven’s music saw success during his life, he couldn’t really enjoy said success since by the end of his career, he was completely deaf. Johann Sebastian Bach’s music was neglected for years after his death until Felix Mendelssohn brought it back to life. Johannes Brahms’s music wasn’t always accepted but towards the end of his life, he was a celebrity in Vienna and he knew it. He could walk down the street and be recognized by his fans. Brahms’s Early Education Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) grew up in a simple family. His father, Johann Jakob Brahms, was a struggling musician and his mother was a seamstress. He was the oldest of three children. As a child when he was studying piano with his first teacher Otto Cossel, …