| Series |
Composers, their lives and times
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| Contents |
Squalor -- Escape -- Storm and stress -- Recuperation -- Caution -- Vienna -- Restlessness and recognition -- Triumph -- Respectability -- Beethoven's heir -- Intermezzo -- Maturity -- Quarrels and reconciliation -- Return of the native -- A sunset glow -- Into the dark. |
| Abstract |
Although trained as a virtuoso pianist, German composer Johannes Brahms (1833-97) spent his youth playing in sailors' taverns. Then his mentor Schumann's decline into madness and an abortive love affair with Schumann's wife launched Brahms out on his own. With this collection of letters, illustrations, and photographs, a vivid picture emerges of one of the greatest of composers. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (page 156) and index. |
| ISBN | 0859361462 |
