San Antonio College Library

"Michael Musgrave presents a contemporary view of Brahms 150 years after his birth, seeing him not simply as the 'conservative' figure so often stressed in the past, but as one who creatively reinterpreted a wider range of historical elements than any composer of his time. Brahms absorbed his studies directly into his music-making and composition and in so doing helped to evolve not merely a personal language which was regarded as progressive and...

For too long Brahms has been considered a "heavy" or "thickly textured" composer. The author, who has made a special study of his music, shows how, once this misconception has been exploded, there are few obstacles left in the way of understanding this most misunderstood of romantic composers. Brahms's music looked both forward to the present day and backward to the early Polyphonists from its standpoint in the nineteenth century. Ranging freely across...

"In this analytical study of eighteen important works by Brahms, Walter Frisch makes skillful use of Schoenberg's provocative concept of "developing variation." Frisch traces a genuine evolution through Brahms's compositions; he considers their relationship not only to each other, but also to significant works by Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Liszt, and Schoenberg"--Publisher description.

A critical and intellectual biography of Brahms, including the influences of Johann Sebastian Bach on him.

"As an influential and well-connected composer, Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) had encountered, befriended, and collaborated with hundreds of people over his significant career. In Brahms and His World: A Biographical Dictionary, Peter Clive provides extensive and up-to-date information on 430 of the composer's personal and professional contacts, including relatives, friends, acquaintances, and physicians; fellow musicians and composers whom Brahms particularly...