• 2005 Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Title

Brahms and the German Spirit is...an earnest study of the subject of religion and nationalism in Brahms's life. Daniel Beller-McKenna has woven a coherent tapestry from many strands.
   --Styra Avins, Music and Letters

Beller-McKenna's writing style is engaging, and his background material is comprehensive, with many sources in both historical and modern writings...A worthy contribution to Brahms scholarship, and to a better-rounded view of the composer's life and work.
   --Virginia Hancock, Notes

Daniel Beller-McKenna is Associate Professor of Music at the University of New Hampshire.