The Johannes Brahms Medal () of Hamburg is a music award established in 1928, named after the composer Johannes Brahms who was born in Hamburg.
The medal is given irregularly by the to artists who contributed to musical life in Hamburg, especially devoted to music by Brahms. The medal shows a portrait of the composer. It was designed by the Hamburg sculptor Friedrich Wield.Johannes-Brahms-Medaille die-deutschen-orden.de Until 1935, it was primarily given to German or Austrian composers, and for services to the musical life of Hamburg. In 1935, international members of the Permanent Council organising Hamburg's International Festival were all awarded medals.Martin, Benjamin G. The Nazi-Fascist New Order for European Culture (2016) p 34-38
Selected recipients 1928: Karl Muck 1929: Hamburger Philharmonisches Orchester und Orchester of the Hamburger Stadttheater 1933: Eugen Papst, Alfred Sittard, Karl Böhm 1934: Richard Strauss 1935: Hans Pfitzner, Jean Sibelius, Albert Roussel, Siegmund von Hausegger, Joseph Haas, Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek, Kurt Atterberg, Wilhelm Kienzl, Herbert BedfordThis international expansion in prizes awarded was connected to the controversial founding of the Permanent Council for the International Co-operation of Composers under Richard Strauss, of which Herbert Bedford acted as co-Secretary. This organisation was accused at the time of furthering Nazi Party cultural ambitions, set up in opposition to the non-political International Society for Contemporary Music. Fanning, David (ed.). The Routledge Handbook to Music under German Occupation, 1938–1945 Bedford defended its neutrality (see Bedford, Herbert. Letter to The Musical Times, February 1936, p 159. 1937: Wilhelm Furtwängler, Paul Graener, Heinrich Karl Strohm, Eugen Jochum 1958: Robert Casadesus, Philipp Jarnach, Joseph Keilberth, Leopold Ludwig, Günther Rennert, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Heinz Tietjen, Henny Wolff 1960: Ernst Gernot Klussmann 1963: Robert Heger, Ilse Fromm-Michaels 1964: Claude Rostand, Frank Wohlfahrt 1970: Erna Berger 1973: Wolfgang Sawallisch, Rolf Liebermann, Emil Gilels 1976: Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg 1982: Hamburger Symphoniker 1983: Aldo Ceccato 1987: Yehudi Menuhin 1988: Günter Wand 1989: Detlef Kraus 1990: Hellmut Wormsbächer 1991: Jürgen Jürgens 1994: Felicitas Kukuck 1996: Conrad Hansen 1997: Günter Jena 1998: NDR Sinfonieorchester 2001: 2004: Hermann Rauhe 2010: NDR Chor 2012: Hamburger Kammermusikfreunde 2020: Christoph von Dohnanyi 2024: Ensemble Resonanz
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External links Liste der Geehrten aluan.de Johannes-Brahms-Gesellschaft Hamburg