Johannes Brahms Apr 3 Johannes Brahms, German composer and conductor (Hungarian Dances; A German Requiem), dies at 63 Composer and Conductor Johannes Brahms Apr 8 George Garrett, English composer, dies at 62 Apr 8 Heinrich von Stephan, German Director of the Post service who introduced the telephone to Germany, dies at 66 Apr 23 Clement Harris, English composer, killed fighting in the Greco-Turkish war at 25 1896 Famous Deaths by Year 1898