Book of Donmon Teith

In this title, Walter Frisch provides a sensitive, analytical commentary on Braham's four symphonies as well as a consideration of their place within his oeuvre

"Brahms was a famously complex character: an irascible curmudgeon, and a famously learned composer who took tremendous pride in composing tuneful, expressive me

In this elegant book, premier musicologist Reinhold Brinkmann guides us through Brahms's "Second Symphony," examining musical ideas in all their compositional f

How did Brahms conduct his four symphonies? What did he want from other conductors when they performed these works, and to which among them did he give his appr

A 1997 examination of the genesis, background and extra-compositional allusions of this controversial work.