“I have played over the music of that scoundrel Brahms,” wrote Tchaikovsky in his diary in 1886. “What a giftless bastard!” Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky had a lot to say about Brahms’ music — all bad. Johannes Brahms, for his part, didn’t seem to much enjoy Tchaikovsky’s music, either. He attended a rehearsal for Tchaikovsky’s … Continue reading Brahms and Tchaikovsky