Brahms among friends : listening, performance, and the rhetoric of allusion /
Berry, Paul,1977-author.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-371) and index.
Occasional lullabies. Old melodies ; Lessons in politics and innuendo -- Themes and variations. Emulation as empathy ; Consequences of criticism -- Clara at the keyboard. Family resemblances ; Shared nostalgia ; Grief and transformation -- Rhetorics of closure. Forests of the heart ; Counterpoint and catharsis ; Concealment as self-restraint.
Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897