An F, A-flat, F motif is meant to represent the words (*) "free but joyful" in this composer's Third Symphony.
Because the main melody of the second movement of this composer's only violin concerto is given to the oboe rather than to the violinist, Pablo de Sarasate refused to premiere the concerto. A cello solo opens and closes the third movement of this composer's second piano concerto, whose grim second-movement scherzo he jokingly described as "a little wisp." An F, A-flat, F motif is meant to represent the words (*) "free but joyful" in this composer's Third Symphony. He drew from Bach's Cantata "Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich" to compose a passacaglia in the final movement of his Fourth Symphony. For 10 points, name this German Romantic composer of four symphonies, the first of which Hans von Bulow nicknamed "Beethoven's Tenth."
Because the main melody of the second movement of this composer's only violin concerto is given to the oboe rather than to the violinist, Pablo de Sarasate refused to premiere the concerto.
Johannes Brahms