McClelland Ryan. Brahms and the Scherzo: studies in Musical Narrative

Ashgate, 2014. - 320 p., musical examplesList of Tables
List of Music ExamplesTheoretical and Repertorial Context
The Early Minor-Mode Scherzos: Ghosts of Schumann and Beethoven
Minuets, Scherzos, and Neoclassicism
The Pastoral Scherzos
Some Intermezzos
The Late Minor-Mode Scherzos
Waltzing Away with the Minuet
Three Imposters
The Case of the Fourth Symphony and Some Concluding ThoughtsAppendix: Piano Trio in A Major