This volume investigates different aspects of the creative process in Johannes Brahms. Its findings are impressively underscored by numerous high-quality illustrations, the volume is printed in four colours throughout. In the course of 15 chapters, renowned researchers present Brahms not just as a composer but also as an arranger of his own works and of those of others, and also as the dedicatee of other composers’ works. Along with the sources for the musical texts, title pages and diary entrie