Johannes Brahms: References & Edit History
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Karl Geiringer and Irene Geiringer, Brahms: His Life and Work, 3rd ed. (1982; originally published in German as Johannes Brahms: Leben und Schaffen eines deutschen meisters, 1935), was written by the curator of the Society of Friends of Music, who drew extensively on the unpublished material in this collection. Hans Gál, Johannes Brahms: His Work and Personality (1963, reprinted 1977; originally published in German), is a sensitive account by one of the editors of the collected edition of Brahms’s compositions. Other critical studies include Burnett James, Brahms (1972); Bernard Jacobson, The Music of Johannes Brahms (1977); Michael Musgrave, The Music of Brahms (1985, reissued 1994), and A Brahms Reader (2000); Malcolm MacDonald, Brahms (1990, reissued 2000); Walter Frisch (ed.), Brahms and His World (1990); and Michael Musgrave (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Brahms (1998).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center - Who Was Johannes Brahms? A Brief Introduction. | Oct 25, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | May 03, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Mar 30, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center - Who Was Johannes Brahms? A Brief Introduction. | Oct 18, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CedarCommons - Johannes Brahmss Horn Trio and Its Unique Place in the Chamber Music Repertoire (PDF). | Aug 08, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: NPR - Band Of Gypsies: Haydn And Brahms At Spoleto Festival. | Mar 21, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 12, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Johannes Brahms was on the autism spectrum (PDF). | Jan 03, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Mahler Foundation - Johannes Brahms (1833-1897). | Nov 07, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Famous Composers - Johannes Brahms. | Sep 27, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Guardian - Brahms: where to start with his music. | Jul 04, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Brahms-Institut - Biography of Johannes Brahms. | May 24, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Feb 16, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Kennedy Center - Johannes Brahms. | Jan 19, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Humanities LibreTexts - Johannes Brahms. | Sep 01, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Biography of Johannes Brahms. | Jul 18, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Totally History - Johannes Brahms. | Feb 16, 2023 | ||
| Removed media. | Aug 19, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: San Francisco Classical Voice - Johannes Brahms. | Jan 24, 2021 | ||
| Added cross-references. | Dec 15, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: Music and History - Chronobiography of Johannes Brahms. | Nov 07, 2019 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Sep 05, 2019 | ||
| Added video. | Dec 03, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Classical Archives - Biography of Johannes Brahms. | Sep 04, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Classics For Kids - Biography of Johannes Brahms. | Nov 04, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: DSO Kids - Biography of Johannes Brahms. | Nov 04, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Naxos - Biography of Johannes Brahms. | Jan 17, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: AllMusic - Biography of Johannes Brahms. | Jan 17, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Bach Cantatas Website - Biography of Johannes Brahms. | Jan 17, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Classical Net - Biography of Johannes Brahms. | Jan 17, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Making Music Fun! - Biography of Johannes Brahms. | Jan 17, 2013 | ||
| Changed name to "the Netherlands" from "The Netherlands." | May 20, 2010 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Classical Music Pages - Biography of Johannes Brahms. | Aug 24, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Kunst Der Fuge - Biography of Johannes Brahms. | May 14, 2007 | ||
| Bibliography revised. | Oct 23, 2006 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Oct 23, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |