Bob Chen said:
>You ask for a "good biography of Brahms." I would recommend "Johannes
>Brahms: A Biography," by Jan Swafford (Knopf). Very readable, lively,
>and more or less straightforward. He speculates a bit about Brahms' early
>life, but I don't think he veers too far into Maynard Solomon, psychologist
>territory.
I am sorry, but I would have to disagree. I found the book so
"speculative" that I couldn't finish it.
Peace from he who is stumpf
aka Sisyphus