Iskender Savasir <[log in to unmask]> writes: >2) I need a good biography of Brahms- the historical background is >more imprtant for my current purposes than musicological analysis. I haven't read it myself, but supposedly Jan Swafford's biography is the best around. Dan http://www.dfan.org [You can find this and some of the other recommended biographies at: http://www.classical.net/music/books/biography/b.html#brahms And a review of the Swafford book by our own Jim Tobin can be found at: http://www.classical.net/music/books/reviews/0679422617a.html -Dave]