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Johannes Brahms : a biography

Swafford, Jan. (Author).

Summary: A biography of the nineteenth-century German composer looks at his daily life, his associates--including his relationships with Robert Schumann, Clara Shumann, Richard Wagner, and Eduard Hanslick--and his achievements as a composer.

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  • ISBN: 9780679745822
  • ISBN: 9780679422617
  • ISBN: 0679745823
  • ISBN: 0679422617
  • Physical Description: print
    xxii, 699 pages, [22] pages of plates : illustrations, music, portraits ; 21 cm
  • Edition: First Vintage books edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Vintage Books, 1999.

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General Note:
Originally published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1997.
"In this edition I've made the corrections that have accumulated since the initial printing"--Page xxii.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 637-678) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: 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?
Subject: Brahms, Johannes 1833-1897
Composers Germany Biography
Genre: Biographies.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.

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Kirtland Community College Library ML 410 .B8 S93 1999 30775305536055 General Collection Available -

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