Books by Michael Musgrave

An account of the life of the German composer, Johannes Brahms. It draws on a wide array of documentation to illuminate Brahm's personality; his outlook as a composer; his activities as a pianist, conductor, scholar and traveller; his friendship with the Schumanns; and more.

Though George Grove (1820-1900) was never a professional musician, his is one of the most familiar names in music: as founder of the great Dictionary of Music and Musicians that bears his name and first director of the Royal College of Music.