Brahms, his life and work /

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Author / Creator:Geiringer, Karl, 1899-1989
Edition:3rd ed., rev. and enl. / with a new appendix, Brahms as a reader and collector.
Imprint:New York : Da Capo Press, 1982.
Description:xv, 397 p., [14] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language:English
Series:Da Capo Press music reprint series
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/475084
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Other authors / contributors:Geiringer, Irene
ISBN:0306760932 : $35.00
Notes:Reprint. Originally published: 2nd ed. London : G. Allen & Unwin, 1947. With new appendix.
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 381-388.
Table of Contents:
  • I. His Life
  • I. Father and Mother
  • II. Childhood and Youth (1833-1853)
  • III. Seven Eventful Months
  • IV. 'Sturm Und Drang' (1854-1856)
  • V. Detmold and Hamburg (1857-1862)
  • VI. At Home and Abroad
  • VII. First Appointment in Vienna (1863-1864)
  • VIII. 'A German Requiem'
  • IX. Artistic Director of the 'Gesell-Schaft Der Musikfreunde' (1869-1875)
  • X. On the Summit (1876-1879)
  • XI. Old Friends and New (1880-1885)
  • XII. A Fruitful Autumn (1886-1890)
  • XIII. Nearing the End (1891-1897)
  • II. His Work
  • XIV. Brahms's Life Work
  • XV. Compositions for the Pianoforte
  • XVI. Compositions for the Organ
  • XVII. Chamber Music
  • XVIII. Compositions for Orchestra
  • XIX. Songs for one, Two, and Four Voices With Pianoforte Accompaniment
  • XX. Smaller Choral Works
  • XXI. Large Choral Works
  • III. The Man and the Artist
  • Appendix I. Brahms Writes Letters
  • Appendix II. Brahms as a Reader and Collector
  • Bibliography
  • Supplementary Bibliography
  • Index