For ten points name this composer of Academic Festival Overture and a German Requiem.
This man's first serenade was written for a wind octet, and he wrote a cantata based on the life of Rinaldo. His friend Friedrich Holderin provided the text for his Song of Destiny, while Johan Herder did the same for his ballades, and Schiller's texts provided a piece for Anselm Feuerbach, Nanie. His final symphony was in part based off of Bach's "For Thee, O Lord, I Long" and he commissioned his opus 80 for the University of Breslau, while the death of Schumann might have sparked his mass for the dead. For ten points name this composer of Academic Festival Overture and a German Requiem.
This man's first serenade was written for a wind octet, and he wrote a cantata based on the life of Rinaldo.
Johannes {Brahms}