The last movement of this composer's fourth symphony begins with a chaconne on an ascending E minor scale; that chaconne may have been inspired by Bach's cantata
The fourth movement of this composer's second symphony is marked sotto voce ["SO-toe VO-chay"] and borrows a four-note "do-ti-do-mi" motive from the first movement of that symphony. The last movement of this composer's fourth symphony begins with a chaconne on an ascending E minor scale; that chaconne may have been inspired by Bach's cantata For Thee, O Lord, I Long. This composer's third symphony opens with an (*) F-A flat-F motive, a minor variant of this composer's "Frei, aber froh"  ["FRAY AH-ber FROH"] motive. This composer took 20 years to complete his first symphony, and he said that "any ass could see" that the main theme in that symphony's finale was reminiscent of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. For 10 points, name this German composer of Academic Festival Overture and German Requiem.
The fourth movement of this composer's second symphony is marked sotto voce ["SO-toe VO-chay"] and borrows a four-note "do-ti-do-mi" motive from the first movement of that symphony.
Johannes Brahms