Remenyi taught Brahms all about Gypsy music and Hungarian dances called csárdás. Brahms was enthralled and used the rhythms and melodies of this music as his inspiration for his 21 Hungarian ...

The music: Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G minor The most famous ... and working with violinist Ede Reményi who introduced him to ‘gypsy-style’ playing Brahms thought he was using a traditional ...