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Brahms the Radical

- Abstract

The great romantic composer found in “the old forms” an escape from the excesses of romanticism and a way into the future.



About the Author

Terry Teachout is COMMENTARY’s critic-at-large and the drama critic of the Wall Street JournalSatchmo at the Waldorf, his first play, runs through November 4 at Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut.