The Compleat Brahms: A Guide to the Musical Works of Johannes Brahms

For all those eager to delve more deeply into Brahms's music, The Compleat Brahms is an indispensable companion. In a single volume that covers every work written by Brahms, leading scholars from across the country provide details of each work's composition and discuss its important stylistic features. Interspersed are fascinating essays such as "Brahms, Joachim, and the Schumanns" that bring the composer and his contemporaries to life. Much more than a collection of program notes, The Compleat Brahms vividly portrays the work and world of one of the giants of Western music history."

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 03/17/1999
ISBN: 9780393047080
Pages: 448
Weight: 1.81lbs
Size: 9.56h x 6.51w x 1.61d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 02/01/1999 pg. 69
Library Journal 03/01/1999 pg. 86
Booklist 03/01/1999 pg. 1140