Tchaikovsky meets Brahmns

 "Tchaikovsky and Brahms had never met before. It would be difficult to find two men more unlike. Tchaikovsky, a nobleman by birth, had something elegant and refined in his whole bearing and the greatest courtesy of manner. Brahms with his short, rather square figure and powerful head, was an image of strength and energy ... "

Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)

So begins the account by Anna Brodsky, the wife of violinist Adolph Brodsky,  on the first meeting between Tchaikovsky and Brahms. If, like me, you are fascinated by composers and their muses, you can read more here, on the Tchaikovsky research website.