Table of Contents

Brahms conducts: the composer and his contemporaries
The documentary evidence: lines of authority
Recorded evidence: Traditions traced or lost
Conclusions
Bibliography

Reviews

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*