Brahms, Johannes & Keller, Robert - Bozarth, George S & Martin, Wiltrud [editors] — The Brahms Keller Correspondence

University of Nebraska Press 1996 1st edition. Cloth spined boards, dj, F/VG+. xliv+319pp, 10pp b/w plates, musical examples. index, small publishers ink stamp to the base of the text block otherwise a fine copy. The complete extant correspondence between the music publisher Robert Keller and the composer Johannes Brahms. For over twenty years, beginning in the 1870s, Keller worked tirelessly to bring Brahms' music into print. The letters describe the meticulous process involved in such an undertaking and the growing mutual respect and friendship between the two men.