A Brahms Reader

This engaging account of the life of Johannes Brahms provides a fuller portrait of the German composer than ever before. Eminent Brahms scholar Michael Musgrave draws on a wide array of documentation to illuminate Brahms's personality; his outlook as a composer; his activities as pianist, conductor, scholar, and traveler; his friendship with Robert and Clara Schumann; and much more. Book jacket.

Preface

ix

Acknowledgments

xi

Supporting Cast of Characters

xiii

I Brahms the Man

Physical Appearance, Temperament, and Personality

3

(8)

Upbringing and Education

11

(10)

The Critical Stages of Brahms's Life and Ambitions

21

(11)

Professional Outlook and Relationships

32

(7)

Brahms's Mode of Life

39

(6)

Brahms and Women

45

(14)

II Brahms the Composer

The Young Composer's Outlook

59

(8)

The Years of Study

67

(8)

The Mature Compositional Outlook

75

(17)

Attitude to Contemporaries

92

(24)

Brahms Reflects on His Achievement

116

(5)

III Brahms the Performer

Brahms the Pianist

121

(15)

Brahms the Conductor

136

(15)

IV Brahms the Music Scholar and Student of the Arts

Reading and Scholarship in Brahms's Life

151

(19)

A Student of History and the Arts

170

(17)

V The Social Brahms: Friendship and Travel

Friendship

187

(12)

Travel

199

(14)

VI Brahms in Perspective

Critical Reception During Brahms's Lifetime

213

(35)

Reverence and Reaction in the Twentieth Century

248

(27)

Toward a New Evaluation of Brahms

275

(12)

Notes

287

(46)

Index

333

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