Rosemary Allen

I finished reading Listening to Brahms a few months ago now, and I feel that it's aged well enough for me to write a review that does it justice. I initially picked this book up due to its name. Being a classical pianist, and a huge fan of Brahms stormy, romantic music, I figured that Listening to Brahms would either be extremely good or I'd be putting it down by the third chapter or so (as happens all too often with books containing a music theme). I was happy to find out that I not only wanted to finish the book, but I was suitably impressed with the delicate and knowledgeable way that Rosemary Allen handled the classical theme.

Read the rest of this review at The Lost Entwife on Nov. 27, 2013.… (meer)