Highlights of the Norton Critical Score of Symphony No. 4:* The first edition of the score with Brahm's corrections incorporated* Historical background* Correspondence before publication* Reviews of first and early performances* Analysis and criticism by music scholars, including: Hugo Riemann, "Johannes Brahms, Fourth Symphony in E-minor" (1897)

Heinrich Schenker, from Free Composition (1935)

Rene Leibowitz, "Aimez-vous Brahms?" (1971)

Walter Frisch, from Brahms: The Four Symphonies (1996)

Raymond Knapp, from Brahms and the Cahllenge of the Symphony (1997).