西文專書與期刊
Apel, Willi. Masters of the Keyboard. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1947.
Adler, Guido. “Johannes Brahms- His Achievement, His Personality, and His Position.” The Musical Quarterly 19 (1993): 113-142.
Becker, Heinz. “Brahms, Johannes.” In The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musician. London: Macmillan Publishers Limited, 1980.3: 155-190.
Dahlhaus, Carl. Nineteenth Century Music. Berkeley: Uni. Of California Press, 1989.
Dale, Katheleen. Nineteenth- Century Piano Music. New York: Da Capo Press, Inc., 1972.
Frisch, Walter, “Brahms: From Classics to Modern” in Nineteenth — Century Piano Music, ed. R. Larry Todd New York: Schirmer Books, 1990.
Fischer, Kurt von & Griffiths, Paul, “Variations”, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musician,19,.
Geiringer, Karl. Brahms. His life and Work, Second Edition, revised and enlarged. New York: Doubleday & Co., 1961. An Anchor Book.
Gillespie, John. Five Centuries of Keyboard Music. New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1972.
Grout, Donald Jay & Palisca, Cloud V., A History of Western Music. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1988.
Kahl, Will. “Romantic Piano Music: 1830- 1850.” In New Oxford History of Music ─ (X) Romanticism (1830- 1890), ed. Gerald Abraham. London: Oxford University Press, 1990.
Kirby, F. E. A Short History of Keyboard. N. Y., 1972.
Longeryear, Rey M., Nineteenth-Century Romanticism in Music, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice — Hall, Inc., 1973.
Musgrave, Michael. The Music of Brahms. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1985.
Pascall, Robert, “Major Instrumental Form: 1850 — 1890”, New Oxford History of Music — (X) Romanticism (1830 - 1890), ed. Gerald Abraham. London: Oxford University Press, 1990.
Schoenberg, Arnold. “Brahms the Progressive,” In Style and Idea. Ed. Leonard Stein, trans. Leo Black. London: Faber & Faber, 1984.
Ulrich, Homer & Piska, Paul A., A History of Music and Musical Style, New York: Harcourt Brace Lovanvich, Inc., 1963.
Whittal, Arnold. “Expression.” In The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musician. London: Macmillan Publishers Limited, 1980.
中文專書與期刊
David Dubal著,顧連理譯。《鋼琴家談演奏藝術》(Reflections from the Keyboard),臺北:世界文物出版社,1998。
Denis Matthews,于少蔚譯,《布拉姆斯:鋼琴音樂 - Brahms Piano Music》。臺北:世界文物出版社,1997。
Paul Holmes著,王婉容譯。《布拉姆斯》。音樂巨匠雜誌主編。臺北:文庫,1994。
《西洋音樂百科全書》。臺北:台灣麥克。1994-1997。
范佩英。《布拉姆斯鋼琴變奏曲之研究》。國立藝術學院碩士論文,1995。音樂之友社編,林勝儀譯。《新訂標準音樂辭典》。臺北:美樂出版社,1998。
門馬直美著,林勝儀譯。《布拉姆斯》。臺北:美樂出版社,2000。