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Life and Works: Brahms

AuthorJeremy Siepmann

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Duration4h 58m

CategoriesChildren and Young Adult Non-Fiction and Educational Titles, Music

Key StageA Level

PublisherNaxos

VersionUnabridged

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Brahms is one of the best-loved yet most controversial of the Romantic composers. Profoundly emotional yet governed by an iron discipline, Brahms was consumed by a sense of destiny, and his inner life, coloured by his adoration and fear of women, found expression in his music.

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