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Chapter 5 - Personal Habits

from Part I - Personality, People and Places

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2019

By
William Horne
Edited by
Natasha Loges  and
Katy Hamilton
Natasha Loges
Affiliation:
Royal College of Music, London
Katy Hamilton
Affiliation:
Royal College of Music, London
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Summary

We know a great deal about Brahms’s professional activities, thoughts about music and musicians, and general views on politics and culture, from his voluminous surviving correspondence. These letters and the reminiscences of his friends also trace his personal habits – what his daily routine was like, his enjoyment of food, drink, and tobacco, his delight in pranks and walking in the outdoors, his peculiar attire and occasional curmudgeonliness.

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Brahmscontextfooddrinkwalkingsociabilityjokessmoking
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Brahms in Context , pp. 44 - 51
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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Further Reading

Bozarth, G., Johannes Brahms & George Henschel: An Enduring Friendship (Sterling Heights, Mich.: Harmonie Park Press, 2008)Google Scholar
R. and Hofmann, K., Johannes Brahms Privat: Tafelfreuden und Geselligkeit (Heide: Boyens, 2002)Google Scholar
Schauffler, R. H., The Unknown Brahms (New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1933)Google Scholar
Spitzbart, I., Johannes Brahms und die Familie Miller-Aichholz in Gmunden und Wien (Gmunden: Kammerhofmuseum der Stadt Gmunden, 1997)Google Scholar
Widmann, J. V., Erinnerungen an Johannes Brahms (Zurich: Rotapfel-Verlag, 1980)Google Scholar

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