Swafford Jan. Johannes Brahms: A Biography

First Vintage Book Edition, 1999. — 589 pp.: ill.PrologueHomeland
Kreisleriana
Two Journeys
The Eagle's Wings
Waiting
Words Spoken and Uspoken
Photo Inserts
Resolution a Minor Key
Premiere and Postlude
Rebirth
A Garden Full of Nightingales
City of Dreams
Farewell
They That Mourn
Ruthless Beauty
Herr Musikdirector
The Tramp of Giants
Photo Insert
Late Idyll
Song of the Fates
Valedictions
The Taking Back
Laurels
Secrets and Foreboding
Who Shall Bring Him to That Place?Epilogue and Provocation
Notes