Brahms conducts: the composer and his contemporaries
The documentary evidence: lines of authority
Recorded evidence: Traditions traced or lost
Conclusions
Bibliography
Dyment's book contains much useful information that will attract
both performers and scholars, gathering together a number of
relevant primary source materials.
*NOTES, JOURNAL OF THE LIBRARY MUSIC ASSOCIATION*
A valuable addition to the fascinating history of great conductors
of the past. Focuses in more detail on specific performances of the
Brahms symphonies, each movement, each section from the score.
*MUSICWEB INTERNATIONAL*
This study is a major addition to Brahms Scholarship. It is most
comprehensively recommended.
*MUSICAL OPINION*
Presents an engaging and thorough discussion. . . . This book will
be of interest to students of Brahms and his symphonies,
performance practice and aesthetics [of] the late 19th century, the
many conductors referenced, and the history of recorded music.
*CHOICE*
'It would be hard ... to describe how detailed and impressive
Dyment's research is ... Of great interest ... to lovers of Brahms
and followers of early conductors.
*AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE*
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