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Funny you should remark about Brahms and jokes. He apparently didn't suffer fools well either. Last evening I was reading some liner notes after listening to his First Symphony. They included a reference to a comment made to Brahms to the effect that it was strange how much the C Major theme in his finale resembled the theme of Joy in Beethoven's Ninth. Brahms replied," ""Indeed"," and it is even stranger that every jackass hears it at once."" Gotta like a guy like that.
