A biography of the nineteenth-century German composer looks at his daily life, his associates--including his relationships with Robert Schumann, Clara Shumann, Richard Wagner, and Eduard Hanslick--and his achievements as a composer.
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"Kofi Agawu's Music as Discourse promises to quickly become a standard and definitive work in musical semiotics. Working at the nexus of musicology, ethnomusicology, and music philosophy and aesthetics, Agawu presents a synthetic and innovative approach to musical meaning which …
"Kofi Agawu's Music as Discourse promises to quickly become a standard and definitive work in musical semiotics. Working at the nexus of musicology, ethnomusicology, and music philosophy and aesthetics, Agawu presents a synthetic and innovative approach to musical meaning which …
Combines many of David Lewin's articles on song and opera with chapters on songs of Brahms, Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann, and Milton Babbitt. Bound together by Lewin's insight, this collection constitutes a statement concerning the methodological problems associated with inte…
Beethoven cast a looming shadow over the nineteenth century. For composers he was a model both to emulate and to overcome. "You have no idea how it feels," Brahms confided, "when one always hears such a giant marching behind one." Exploring the response of five composers - Berli…
A biography of the nineteenth-century German composer with emphasis on his childhood and early musical training.
A biography of the nineteenth-century German composer with emphasis on his childhood and early musical training.
A biography of the nineteenth-century German composer with emphasis on his childhood and early musical training.
"Examines in detail the contexts of Brahms's masterpiece and demonstrates that--contrary to recent consensus--it was performed and received as an inherently Christian work during the composer's life"
Despite its entirely biblical text, Brahms's long-beloved A German Requiem is now widely considered a work in which the composer espoused a theologically universal view. R. Allen Lott's comprehensive reconsideration of the work's various contexts challenges that prevailing inter…
Examines in detail the contexts of Brahms's masterpiece and demonstrates that-contrary to recent consensus-it was performed and received as an inherently Christian work during the composer's life. Despite its entirely biblical text, Brahms's long-beloved A German Requiem is now…
