Past event
Music Talks with Reuben Phillips: Brahms' Library: A Musical and Material History - FREE
Housed today in the archive of Vienna's Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, the collection of books, manuscripts, and printed music that belonged to the composer Johannes
Brahms has a multifaceted music-historical significance. This talk examines Brahms's interactions with these objects and his wider collecting practices, while also considering the curious afterlife of the library following the composer's death in 1897.