| Contents |
Part one. Brahms's life. Early years (Hamburg). "Two thalers and drink ad lib" -- From Cossel to Marxsen -- Years of travel. The first concert tour ; Weimar ; Schumann's article "Neue Bahnen" ; Leipzig ; The death of Schumann ; Detmold and Hamburg -- Maturity (Vienna). Directorship at the Singakademie ; Composition of the Deutsches Requiem ; Directorship of the Vienna Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde (the larger choral works) ; The symphonies ; Summer quarters ; Travels in Italy ; Friends and foes ; At the height of his fame ; The end ; Brahms as a man ; Brahms as pianist, conductor, and teacher -- Part two. Brahms's works. Preliminary survey -- The instrumental music. The pianoforte music ; The organ music ; The chamber-music ; The serenades ; The overtures ; The concertos ; The symphonies and their prelude, the variations on a theme by Haydn -- The vocal music. Songs, duets, and quartets for solo voices ; The lesser choral works ; The Deutsches Requiem ; The larger choral works -- Appendices. Brahms's works ; Brahms's arrangements of his own works ; Bibliography of the principal German works on Brahms ; Bibliography of the principal English works on Brahms. |
