1. Physical Appearance, Temperament, and Personality
2. Upbringing and Education
3. The Critical Stages of Brahms's Life and Ambitions
4. Professional Outlook and Relationships
7. The Young Composer's Outlook
9. The Mature Compositional Outlook
10. Attitude to Contemporaries
11. Brahms Reflects on His Achievement
III. Brahms the Performer
IV. Brahms the Music Scholar and Student of the Arts
14. Reading and Scholarship in Brahms's Life
15. A Student of History and the Arts
V. The Social Brahms: Friendship and Travel
VI. Brahms in Perspective
18. Critical Reception During Brahms's Lifetime
19. Reverence and Reaction in the Twentieth Century
20. Toward a New Evaluation of Brahms.
