Excerpt from Mezzotints in Modern Music: Brahms, Tschaikowsky Chopin, Richard Strauss, Liszt and Wagner A pure musician, a maker of absolute music, a man Of poetic ideals, is Brahms, without thrusting himself forward in the con temporary canvas. Not Berlioz, not Wagner, but the plodding genius Brahms, was elected by destiny to receive upon his shoulders the mantle dropped by Beethoven as he ascended the Slope to Parnassus, and the shoulders were broad enough to bear the imposing weight. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.