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After Schumann's death, Brahms hurried to Düsseldorf and for the next two years lived in an apartment above the Schumann's house, and sacrificed his career and his art for Clara's sake.

The question of Brahms and Clara Schumann is perhaps the most mysterious in music history, alongside that of Beethoven's " Immortal Beloved ".

Whether they were actually lovers is unknown, but their destruction of their letters to each other may point to something beyond mere privacy.