Isbn: 9780679745822 - johannes brahms: a biography (12 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. A New York Times Notable Book "This brilliant and magisterial book is a very good bet to.become the definitive study of Johannes Brahms."--The Plain Dealer Judicious, compassionate, and full of insight into Brahms's human complexity as well as his music, Johannes Brahms is an indispensable biography. Proclaimed the new messiah of Romanticism by Robert Schumann when he was only twenty, Johannes Brahms dedicated himself to a long and extraordinarily productive 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 rivalry with Lizst and Wagner.   "[Johannes Brahms] will no doubt stand as the definitive work on Brahms, one of the monumental biographies in the entire musical library."--London Weekly Standard "It is a measure of the accomplishment of Jan Swafford's biography that Brahms's sadness becomes palpable. [Swafford] manages to construct a full-bodied human being."--The New York Times Book Review.…

Zustand: Very Good. 1 Vintage. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.

Trade Paperback. Zustand: Very Good - Cash. Light reader wear and rubbing to the edges, corners, covers, and pages. The book is in great condition! Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

Zustand: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 752 pages. 8.00x5.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. 1999. Vintage Books ed. paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 752 pages. 8.00x5.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. pp. 752.

Couverture souple. Zustand: bon. R300315777: 1997. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Dos plié, Intérieur acceptable. XXII + 699 pages - quelques planches d'illustrations en noir et blanc hors texte. Livre en anglais. Léger accroc sur le 1er plat. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon.…

Zustand: New. Jan Swafford lives in eastern Massachusetts.A New York Times Notable Book&quotThis brilliant and magisterial book is a very good bet to.become the definitive study of Johannes Brahms.&quot--The Plain DealerJudicious, co.

tapa dura. Zustand: Bien. Brahms, Johannes 1833-1897., Composers, Germany, Biography, Brahms, Johannes Johannes Brahms : a biography Vintage Books. New York. 1999. 21 cm. xxii, 699 pages : illustrations. Encuadernación en tapa dura de editorial con sobrecubierta ilustrada. Idioma Inglés. Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1997. Includes bibliographical references (pages 671-678) and index. Includes bibliographical references (pages [671]-678) and index. Online version:: Swafford, Jan. Johannes Brahms. 1st ed . ISBN: 9780679745822; 0679745823; 9780679422617; 06794226 (=3060289=) LL161.…