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 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.