Johannes Brahms and the twilight of Romanticism

By Daniel Felsenfeld, Donna Getzinger

Subjects: Juvenile literature, Biography, Composers

Description: Chronicles the life of nineteenth-century German composer Johannes Brahms, describing his musical childhood, his struggle for success, and the conflict between those, such as Brahms, who favored musical tradition and those, including Franz Liszt and Richard Wagner, who favored new directions.