Since its first publication in 1990, Brahms and His World has become a key text for listeners, performers, and scholars interested in the life, work, and times of one of the nineteenth century's most celebrated composers. In this substantially revised and enlarged edition, the editors remain close to the vision behind the original book while updating its contents to reflect new perspectives on Brahms that have developed over the past two decades. To this end, the original essays by leading experts are retained and revised, and supplemented by contributions from a new generation of Brahms scholars. Together, they consider such topics as Brahms's relationship with Clara and Robert Schumann, his musical interactions with the "New German School" of Wagner and Liszt, his influence upon Arnold Schoenberg and other young composers, his approach to performing his own music, and his productive interactions with visual artists. The essays are complemented by a new selection of criticism and analyses of Brahms's works published by the composer's contemporaries, documenting the ways in which Brahms's music was understood by nineteenth- and early twentieth-century audiences in Europe and North America. A new selection of memoirs by Brahms's friends, students, and early admirers provides intimate glimpses into the composer's working methods and personality. And a catalog of the music, literature, and visual arts dedicated to Brahms documents the breadth of influence exerted by the composer upon his contemporaries.

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 Siècle 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 217
TRANSLATED, 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 KRETZSCHMAR
TRANSLATED 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 SCHENKER
TRANSLATED, INTRODUCED, AND ANNOTATED BY KEVIN C. KARNESNachtwache INachtwache IILetztes GlückVerlorene JugendIm HerbstBrahms's Four Serious Songs, op. 121 (1914) 267MAX KALBECK
TRANSLATED 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. BOZARTH
PART III: MEMOIRSJohannes Brahms: The Last Days 307Memories and LettersEDUARD HANSLICK
TRANSLATED BY SUSAN GILLESPIE, ANDREW HOMAN, AND CAROLINE HOMANINTRODUCED BY KEVIN C. KARNESANNOTATED BY LEON BOTSTEIN AND KEVIN C. KARNESMy Early Acquaintance with Brahms 339RICHARD HEUBERGER
TRANSLATED, INTRODUCED, AND ANNOTATED BY STYRA AVINSRemembering Johannes Brahms: 349Brahms and His Krefeld FriendsHEINZ VON BECKERATH
TRANSLATED BY JOSEF EISINGERINTRODUCED AND ANNOTATED BY STYRA AVINSJohannes Brahms as Man, Teacher, and Artist 381GUSTAV JENNER
TRANSLATED 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 Weigl
TRANSLATED AND INTRODUCED BY WALTER FRISCHPART IV"Dedicated to Johannes Brahms" 433PREPARED BY WALTER FRISCH
Index 443Notes on the Contributors 459