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Johannes Brahms: A Biography Paperback - 1999
by Swafford, Jan
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Swafford sets out to reveal the little-known Brahms, the boy who grew up in mercantile Hamburg and played piano in beer halls among prostitutes and drunken sailors, and the fiercely self-protective man who thwarted future biographers by burning papers, scores, and notebooks late in his life. 22 photos.
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- Title Johannes Brahms: A Biography
- Author Swafford, Jan
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Vintage Books
- Condition New
- Pages 752
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Vintage, New York
- Date 12/07/1999
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
- Bookseller's Inventory # 9780679745822
- ISBN 9780679745822 / 0679745823
- Weight 1.51 lbs (0.68 kg)
- Dimensions 8.04 x 5.24 x 1.48 in (20.42 x 13.31 x 3.76 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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From the publisher
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IN 1826 JOHANN JAKOB BRAHMS, aged nineteen, his gray eyes full of hope and good humor, arrived in the port of Hamburg carrying musical instruments and a Certificate of Apprenticeship.
From the rear cover
Proclaimed the new messiah of Romanticism by Robert Schumann when he was only twenty, Johannes Brahms dedicated himself to a long and extraordinarily productive and creative career. In this book, Jan Swafford sets out to reveal the little-known Brahms: the boy who grew up in mercantile Hamburg and played piano in beer halls among prostitutes and drunken sailors; the fiercely self-protective man who thwarted future biographers by burning papers, scores, and notebooks late in his life. Making unprecedented use of the remaining archival material, Swafford offers richly expanded perspectives on Brahms's youth, on his difficult romantic life -- particularly his longstanding relationship with Clara Schumann -- and on his professional rivalries with Liszt and Wagner. Judicious, compassionate, and full of insight into Brahms's human complexity as well as his music, Johannes Brahms is an indispensable biography.
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- New York Times, 01/09/2000, Page 32