Brahms and His World

Preface and Acknowledgments ixPreface and Acknowledgments from the First Edition xiPermissions and Credits xiiiPART I: ESSAYSTime and Memory: Concert Life, Science, and Music in Brahms's Vienna by LEON BOTSTEIN 3Johannes Brahms, Solitary Altruist by PETER F. OSTWALD 27Brahms the Godfather by STYRA AVINS 41Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms by NANCY B. REICH 57The Pianos of Johannes Brahms by GEORGE S. BOZARTH AND STEPHEN H. BRADY 73Brahms, the Third Symphony, and the New German School by DAVID BRODBECK 95The "Brahms Fog": On Analyzing Brahmsian Influences at the Fin de Siecle by WALTER FRISCH 117Between Work and Play: Brahms as Performer of His Own Music by ROGER MOSELEY 137Brahms, Max Klinger, and the Promise of the Gesamtkunstwerk: Revisiting the Brahms-Phantasie (1894) by KEVIN C. KARNES 167PART II: RECEPTION AND ANALYSISFive Early Works by Brahms (1862) by ADOLF SCHUBRING 195TRANSLATED, INTRODUCED, AND ANNOTATED BY WALTER FRISCHPiano Sonata in C Major, op. 1Piano Sonata in F-sharp Minor, op. 2Piano Sonata in F Minor, op. 5Piano Trio in B Major, op. 8 [1854 version]Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, op. 15Discovering Brahms (1862-72) by EDUARD HANSLICK 217TRANSLATED, INTRODUCED, AND ANNOTATED BY KEVIN C. KARNESJohannes Brahms (1862-63)Serenade No. 1 in D Major, op. 11 (1862)German Requiem, op. 45 (1867)Sextet No. 2 in G Major, op. 36 (1867)Triumphlied, op. 55, and Schicksalslied, op. 54 (1872)The Brahms Symphonies (1887) 233HERMANN KRETZSCHMARTRANSLATED BY SUSAN GILLESPIE, INTRODUCED BY KEVIN C. KARNESSymphony No. 1 in C Minor, op. 68Symphony No. 2 in D Major, op. 73Symphony No. 3 in F Major, op. 90Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, op. 98Brahms's A Cappella Choral Pieces, op. 104 (1892) 253HEINRICH SCHENKERTRANSLATED, INTRODUCED, AND ANNOTATED BY KEVIN C. KARNESNachtwache INachtwache IILetztes GluckVerlorene JugendIm HerbstBrahms's Four Serious Songs, op. 121 (1914) 267MAX KALBECKTRANSLATED BY WILLIAM MILLERINTRODUCED AND ANNOTATED BY KEVIN C. KARNES"A Modern of the Moderns": Brahms's First Symphony 287in New York and BostonSELECTED AND ANNOTATED BY GEORGE S. BOZARTHPART III: MEMOIRSJohannes Brahms: The Last Days 307Memories and LettersEDUARD HANSLICKTRANSLATED BY SUSAN GILLESPIE, ANDREW HOMAN, AND CAROLINE HOMANINTRODUCED BY KEVIN C. KARNESANNOTATED BY LEON BOTSTEIN AND KEVIN C. KARNESMy Early Acquaintance with Brahms 339RICHARD HEUBERGERTRANSLATED, INTRODUCED, AND ANNOTATED BY STYRA AVINSRemembering Johannes Brahms: 349Brahms and His Krefeld FriendsHEINZ VON BECKERATHTRANSLATED BY JOSEF EISINGERINTRODUCED AND ANNOTATED BY STYRA AVINSJohannes Brahms as Man, Teacher, and Artist 381GUSTAV JENNERTRANSLATED BY SUSAN GILLESPIE AND ELISABETH KAESTNERINTRODUCED BY KEVIN C. KARNESANNOTATED BY LEON BOTSTEIN AND KEVIN C. KARNESBrahms and the Newer Generation: Personal Reminiscences by 425Alexander von Zemlinsky and Karl WeiglTRANSLATED AND INTRODUCED BY WALTER FRISCHPART IV"Dedicated to Johannes Brahms" 433PREPARED BY WALTER FRISCHIndex 443Notes on the Contributors 459