RT Book, Whole DB /z-wcorg/ DS http://worldcat.org ID 037457773 LA English T1 Johannes Brahms : a biography A1 Swafford, Jan., PB Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, Inc. PP New York YR 1997 SN 0679422617 9780679422617 AB A biography of Johannes Brahms who hoped to leave only his music as his legacy. The author presents the contradictions of the composer's life, the "secondary characters," the triumphs and failures, and the two cities most important to Brahms: Hamburg and Vienna.