| Uniform title | Correspondence. Selections. English |
| Contents |
Prelude: 1833-1852 -- One fateful year: 1853 -- Turmoil and apprenticeship: 1854-1858 -- In Hamburg again: 1859-1862 -- In Vienna, sometimes: 1863-1870 -- At home in Vienna: 1871-1876 -- Independence: 1877-1890 -- The final years: 1891-1897 -- Appendices. Johannes Brahms and Clara Schumann ; Lists of correspondents ; Brahms's works mentioned in the letters. |
| Abstract |
This book is a comprehensive collection of the letters of Johannes Brahms. Over 550 are included, virtually all uncut, and there are over a dozen published here for the first time in any language. The letters in this volume range from 1848 to just before his death. They include most of Brahm's letters to Robert Schumann, over a hundred letters to Clara Schumann, and the complete Brahms-Wagner correspondence. They are joined by a running commentary to form an absorbing narrative, documented with scholarly care, provided with comprehensive notes, but written for the general music lover. The work is generously illustrated, and contains several detailed appendices and an index. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 821-836) and index. |
| Language | Translated from the German. |
| LCCN | 97005417 |
| ISBN | 0198162340 |
