While playing music in a tavern one evening Brahms met Eduard Remenyi, a famous Hungarian Gypsy violinist. Remenyi taught Brahms all about Gypsy music and Hungarian dances called csárdás.

in 1869 Brahms became fascinated by Hungarian folk music after meeting and working with violinist Ede Reményi who introduced him to ‘gypsy-style’ playing Brahms thought he was using a ...