SpletJan Swafford, I read your Brahms biography, and it turned me from knowing nothing about Brahms to a fanatic, so thanks for that. In writing biographies of artists, how much speculation and psychology is appropriate between linking biography and artistic output, especially with something as abstract as instrumental music? ... Splet05. avg. 2014 · He is the author of Johannes Brahms: A Biography, which was a New York Times Notable Book, and Charles Ives: A Life with Music, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and winner of the PEN/Winship Award. He is also the author of The Vintage Guide to Classical Music.
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Splet07. dec. 1999 · 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. Splet07. dec. 1999 · 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 … the movie blood father
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Splet07. dec. 1999 · "[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."-- SpletSwafford focuses more on Brahms' life , psychology, and relationships than on analyses of his compositional technique and development. There is a lot of detail here, but the prose … SpletBuy Johannes Brahms: A Biography Vintage Books ed. by Swafford, Jan (ISBN: 9780679745822) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices … the movie blow out