{"product_id":"11806-brahms-johannes-levi-hermann-allgeyer-julius-early-cdv-photograph-with-levi-and-allgeyer","title":"Brahms, Johannes. (1833–1897) \u0026 Levi, Hermann. (1839–1900) \u0026 Allgeyer, Julius. (1829–1900) Early CDV Photograph with Levi and Allgeyer","description":"1865 CDV photograph of the great composer with Stamped at the base and verso by the photographer, J \u0026amp; L. Allgeyer of Carlsruhe. 6.5 x 10 cm. A few stray marks, overall in very fine condition. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1864, Brahms summered in Lichtental near Baden-Baden, where Clara Schumann had bought a cottage. \"With two of the men he met here, Brahms soon formed a close friendship: Hermann Levi and Julius Allgeyer.  Levi was the conductor of the opera house in Karlsruhe...Allgeyer, a gifted copper-plate engraver and photographer, was a friend whose sterling nature must have delighted Brahms.  The portrait Levi painted of this simple and modest man, in a letter to Clara Schumann, might have been the work of Johannes himself: 'He is a dear old fellow; true as gold.  When I have spent an evening with him, I always feel as if I had taken a refreshing bath.  Even his faults are loveable.\" (Karl Geiringer, 'Brahms: His Life and Work,' p. 90)","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093465714847,"sku":"11806","price":1200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Brahms_Levi_Allgeyer_CDV_11806.jpg?v=1722188202","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/11806-brahms-johannes-levi-hermann-allgeyer-julius-early-cdv-photograph-with-levi-and-allgeyer","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}