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The Music of Brahms

Michael Musgrave
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Author : Michael Musgrave
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Music
ISBN : 0198164017

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Michael Musgrave presents a contemporary view of Brahms 150 years after his birth, seeing him not simply as the "conservative" figure so often stressed in the past, but as one who creatively reinterpreted a wider range of historical elements than any composer of his time. Brahms absorbed his studies directly into his music making and composition and in so doing helped to evolve not merely a personal language which was regarded as progressive and sometimes difficult by a range of contemporaries and successors, but also helped to establish an ethos of historical reference which anticipates the twentieth century. The Music of Brahms concentrates on the music, with Brahms's life discussed briefly in the introduction. The works are considered in four phases according to genre, with an emphasis on connection and on the development and elaboration of a unified language. The list of works includes recent discoveries and a calendar outlines the pattern of his musical life, including relevant information concerning performances.

Allusion as Narrative Premise in Brahms's Instrumental Music

Jacquelyn E. C. Sholes
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Author : Jacquelyn E. C. Sholes
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2018-05-24
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780253033161

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Allusion as Narrative Premise in Brahms's Instrumental Music by Jacquelyn E. C. Sholes Pdf

Who inspired Johannes Brahms in his art of writing music? In this book, Jacquelyn E. C. Sholes provides a fresh look at the ways in which Brahms employed musical references to works of earlier composers in his own instrumental music. By analyzing newly identified allusions alongside previously known musical references in works such as the B-Major Piano Trio, the D-Major Serenade, the First Piano Concerto, and the Fourth Symphony, among others, Sholes demonstrates how a historical reference in one movement of a work seems to resonate meaningfully, musically, and dramatically with material in other movements in ways not previously recognized. She highlights Brahms's ability to weave such references into broad, movement-spanning narratives, arguing that these narratives served as expressive outlets for his complicated, sometimes conflicted, attitudes toward the material to which he alludes. Ultimately, Brahms's music reveals both the inspiration and the burden that established masters such as Domenico Scarlatti, J. S. Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Wagner, and especially Beethoven represented for him as he struggled to emerge with his own artistic voice and to define and secure his unique position in music history.

Johannes Brahms

Jan Swafford
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Author : Jan Swafford
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 754 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1999-12-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780679745822

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A New York Times Notable Book "This brilliant and magisterial book is a very good bet to...become the definitive study of Johannes Brahms."--The Plain Dealer Judicious, compassionate, and full of insight into Brahms's human complexity as well as his music, Johannes Brahms is an indispensable biography. Proclaimed the new messiah of Romanticism by Robert Schumann when he was only twenty, Johannes Brahms dedicated himself to a long and extraordinarily productive career. In this book, Jan Swafford sets out to reveal the little-known Brahms, the boy who grew up in mercantile Hamburg and played piano in beer halls among prostitutes and drunken sailors, the fiercely self-protective man who thwarted future biographers by burning papers, scores and notebooks late in his life. Making unprecedented use of the remaining archival material, Swafford offers richly expanded perspectives on Brahms's youth, on his difficult romantic life--particularly his longstanding relationship with Clara Schumann--and on his professional rivalry with Lizst and Wagner. "[Johannes Brahms] will no doubt stand as the definitive work on Brahms, one of the monumental biographies in the entire musical library."--London Weekly Standard "It is a measure of the accomplishment of Jan Swafford's biography that Brahms's sadness becomes palpable.... [Swafford] manages to construct a full-bodied human being."--The New York Times Book Review

Johannes Brahms

Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms Book PDF

Author : Johannes Brahms
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 916 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0199247730

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Johannes Brahms by Johannes Brahms Pdf

This book is the first comprehensive collection of the letters of Johannes Brahms ever to appear in English. Over 550 are included, virtually all uncut, and there are over a dozen published here for the first time in any language. Although he corresponded throughout his life with some of the great performers, composers, musicologists, writers, scientists, and artists of the day, and although thousands of his letters have survived, English readers have until now had scant opportunity to meet Brahms in person, through his words, and in his own voice. The letters in this volume range from 1848 to just before his death. They include most of Brahm's letters to Robert Schumann, over a hundred letters to Clara Schumann, and the complete Brahms-Wagner correspondence. They are joined by a running commentary to form an absorbing narrative, documented with scholarly care, provided with comprehensive notes, but written for the general music lover--the result is a lively biography. The work is generously illustrated, and contains several detailed appendices and an index.

Performing Brahms

Michael Musgrave,Bernard D. Sherman
Performing Brahms Book PDF

Author : Michael Musgrave,Bernard D. Sherman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2003-10-02
Category : Music
ISBN : 0521652731

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Performing Brahms by Michael Musgrave,Bernard D. Sherman Pdf

A great deal of evidence survives about how Brahms and his contemporaries performed his music. But much of this evidence - found in letters, autograph scores, treatises, publications, recordings, and more - has been hard to access, both for musicians and for scholars. This book brings the most important evidence together into one volume. It also includes discussions by leading Brahms scholars of the many issues raised by the evidence. The period spanned by the life of Brahms and the following generation saw a crucial transition in performance style. As a result, modern performance practices differ significantly from those of Brahms's time. By exploring the musical styles and habits of Brahms's era, this book will help musicians and scholars understand Brahms's music better and bring fresh ideas to present-day performance. The value of the book is greatly enhanced by the accompanying CD of historic recordings - including a performance by Brahms himself.

The Songs of Johannes Brahms

Eric Sams
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Author : Eric Sams
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 0300079621

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"Essential to the composer's method of song-writing was a harmony between musical form and poetic text. Sams takes us right to the heart of that creative method and helps to explain how and why a particular part of the text matches a particular piece of music. He includes a list of the motifs employed by Brahms to help show how the mind of the composer worked when seeking apposite music for the imagery of the poem."--BOOK JACKET.

A Guide to the Solo Songs of Johannes Brahms

Paul Stark
A Guide to the Solo Songs of Johannes Brahms Book PDF

Author : Paul Stark
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1995-10-22
Category : Music
ISBN : 0253328918

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A Guide to the Solo Songs of Johannes Brahms by Paul Stark Pdf

"The song translations by Stanley Appelbaum are excellent. Stark's commentaries are concise, intelligent, highly readable . . . Laymen and specialists alike will find [this book] a useful reference book to have on their shelves." —Fontes Artis Musicae "This book would be a warmly welcomed addition to the library of any lover of art song." —American Music Teacher "It is informative, insightful, illuminating, an invaluable resource for singers, teachers, coach-accompanists, highly recommended for anyone having anything to do with Brahms lieder." —Journal of Singing "Stark's understanding and affectionate discussion of the relationship between music and text draws the reader to examine more of Brahms's songs." —Choice Lucien Stark analyzes in detail more than 200 solo songs by Brahms and gives us translations of the texts. For performers, students, and teachers, this is a treasure-house of information and insight about a rich and varied repertoire.

Brahms and the Shaping of Time

Scott Murphy
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Author : Scott Murphy
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781580465977

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Brahms and the Shaping of Time by Scott Murphy Pdf

Combines fresh approaches to the life and music of the beloved nineteenth-century composer with the latest and most significant ways of thinking about rhythm, meter, and musical time.

Brahms and His World

Walter Frisch,Kevin C. Karnes
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Author : Walter Frisch,Kevin C. Karnes
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 479 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2009-07-06
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781400833627

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Brahms and His World by Walter Frisch,Kevin C. Karnes Pdf

Since its first publication in 1990, Brahms and His World has become a key text for listeners, performers, and scholars interested in the life, work, and times of one of the nineteenth century's most celebrated composers. In this substantially revised and enlarged edition, the editors remain close to the vision behind the original book while updating its contents to reflect new perspectives on Brahms that have developed over the past two decades. To this end, the original essays by leading experts are retained and revised, and supplemented by contributions from a new generation of Brahms scholars. Together, they consider such topics as Brahms's relationship with Clara and Robert Schumann, his musical interactions with the "New German School" of Wagner and Liszt, his influence upon Arnold Schoenberg and other young composers, his approach to performing his own music, and his productive interactions with visual artists. The essays are complemented by a new selection of criticism and analyses of Brahms's works published by the composer's contemporaries, documenting the ways in which Brahms's music was understood by nineteenth- and early twentieth-century audiences in Europe and North America. A new selection of memoirs by Brahms's friends, students, and early admirers provides intimate glimpses into the composer's working methods and personality. And a catalog of the music, literature, and visual arts dedicated to Brahms documents the breadth of influence exerted by the composer upon his contemporaries.

Brahms and His World

Walter Frisch
Brahms and His World Book PDF

Author : Walter Frisch
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0691027137

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Brahms and His World by Walter Frisch Pdf

This book has become a key text for listeners, performers, and scholars interested in the life, work, and times of one of the nineteenth century's most celebrated composers. In this edition, the editors reflect new perspectives on Brahms that have developed over the years. To this end, the original essays by leading experts are retained and revised, and supplemented by contributions from a new generation of Brahms scholars. Together, they consider such topics as Brahms's relationship with Clara and Robert Schumann, his musical interactions with the "New German School" of Wagner and Liszt, his influence upon Arnold Schoenberg and other young composers, his approach to performing his own music, and his productive interactions with visual artists. The essays are complemented by a new selection of criticism and analyses of Brahms's works published by the composer's contemporaries, documenting the ways in which Brahms's music was understood by nineteenth- and early twentieth-century audiences in Europe and North America. A selection of memoirs by Brahms's friends, students, and early admirers provides intimate glimpses into the composer's working methods and personality. And a catalog of the music, literature, and visual arts dedicated to Brahms documents the breadth of influence exerted by the composer upon his contemporaries.

The Cambridge Companion to Brahms

Michael Musgrave
The Cambridge Companion to Brahms Book PDF

Author : Michael Musgrave
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1999-05-27
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781139825306

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The Cambridge Companion to Brahms by Michael Musgrave Pdf

This Companion gives a comprehensive view of the German composer Johannes Brahms (1833–97). Twelve specially-commissioned chapters by leading scholars and musicians provide systematic coverage of the composer's life and works. Their essays represent recent research and reflect changing attitudes towards a composer whose public image has long been out-of-date. The first part of the book contains three chapters on Brahms's early life in Hamburg and on the middle and later years in Vienna. The central section considers the musical works in all genres, while the last part of the book offers personal accounts and responses from a conductor (Roger Norrington), a composer (Hugh Wood), and an editor of Brahms's original manuscripts (Robert Pascall). The volume as a whole is an important addition to Brahms scholarship and provides indispensable information for all students and enthusiasts of Brahms's music.

Brahms

Robert Pascall
Brahms Book PDF

Author : Robert Pascall
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1983-03-31
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780521245227

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Brahms by Robert Pascall Pdf

This book is a collection of essays on various aspects of the life and work of Brahms. There are three main areas of focus - biographical, documentary and analytical. Some essays concentrate on one element, others blend all three.

Johannes Brahms, Free But Alone

Constantin Floros
Johannes Brahms Free But Alone Book PDF

Author : Constantin Floros
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Composers
ISBN : 3631612605

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Johannes Brahms was until now widely regarded as the archetype of the «absolute musician». Based on new research, the study shows how close autobiographic and poetic elements are in fact linked to his oeuvre. Like Robert Schumann, Brahms subscribed to an aesthetic of «poetic» music. In many of his compositions he got his inspiration from personal experiences, poems or images, as is shown by hitherto unpublished documents, letters, and diary entries, as well as from close analyses of individual works. Brahms's personality, too, is seen in a new way. He adopted Joseph Joachim's motto «Frei, aber einsam», «Free but Alone». The tonal code F - A - E, the musical symbol of this, recurs frequently in his works. Not least, the English version of the book, originally published in German in 1997, includes four additional chapters that investigate novel aspects by dealing in detail with the First Symphony, the German Requiem, Nänie and the Four Serious Songs. The American Brahms Society stressed the importance of the study for all those who want to come to know the unknown Brahms.

Brahms: Symphony No. 1

David Lee Brodbeck
Brahms Symphony No 1 Book PDF

Author : David Lee Brodbeck
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1997-01-23
Category : Music
ISBN : 0521479592

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Brahms: Symphony No. 1 by David Lee Brodbeck Pdf

A 1997 examination of the genesis, background and extra-compositional allusions of this controversial work.

Brahms: A German Requiem

Michael Musgrave
Brahms A German Requiem Book PDF

Author : Michael Musgrave
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1996-10-28
Category : Music
ISBN : 0521409950

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Brahms: A German Requiem by Michael Musgrave Pdf

A detailed study examining The German Requiem, Brahms's controversial, and his largest, masterpiece.