| Contents |
Homeland -- Kreisleriana -- Two journeys -- The eagle's wings -- Waiting -- Words spoken and unspoken -- Resolution in a minor key -- Premiere and postlude -- Rebirth -- A garden full of nightingales -- City of dreams -- Farewell -- They that mourn -- Ruthless beauty -- Herr Musikdirector -- The tramp of giants -- Late idyll -- Song of the fates -- Valedictions -- The taking back -- Laurels -- Secrets and foreboding -- Who shall bring him to that place? |
| Abstract |
A biography of Johannes Brahms who hoped to leave only his music as his legacy. The author presents the contradictions of the composer's life, the "secondary characters," the triumphs and failures, and the two cities most important to Brahms: Hamburg and Vienna. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 671-678) and index. |
| LCCN | 97029308 |
| ISBN | 0679422617 (alk. paper) |
