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A Brahms Reader (Paperback, New Ed)
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A Brahms Reader (Paperback, New Ed)
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Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) was prominent not only as a composer
but as a pianist, conductor, editor, scholar, collector, and friend
of many notables. He was also, in private, an articulate critic,
connoisseur of other arts, and traveler. In this enlightening book,
the eminent Brahms scholar Michael Musgrave presents a
comprehensive and original account of the composer's private and
professional lives. Drawing on an array of documentary materials,
Musgrave weaves together diverse strands to illuminate Brahms's
character and personality; his outlook as a composer; his attitudes
toward other composers; his activities as pianist and conductor;
his scholarly and cultural interests; his friendships with Robert
and Clara Schumann and others; his social life and travel; and
critical attitudes toward his music from his own time to the
present. The book quotes extensively from Brahms's own words and
those of his circle. Musgrave mines the composer's letters,
reminiscences of his contemporaries, early biographies, reviews,
and commentary by friends, critics, and scholars to create an
unparalleled source of information about Brahms. The author sets
the materials in context, identifies sources in detail, includes a
glossary of information on principal individuals, and notes recent
research on the composer. This engaging biographical work, with a
gallery of illustrations, will appeal to general music lovers as
well as to scholars with a special interest in Brahms.
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