A key collection of essays for listeners, performers, and scholars interested in Brahm's life, work, and times.
The book is informative and engaging for both specialists and general readers interested in Brahms or 19th-century music.
Brahms and his world: revised edition
Brahms and his world
Brahms and his world
by Frisch, Walter, Bard Music Festival, Karnes, Kevin C.
fromBard Music Festival Series
A key collection of essays for listeners, performers, and scholars interested in Brahm's life, work, and times.
Brahms and his world
by Frisch, Walter, Bard Music Festival, Karnes, Kevin
fromBard Music Festival Series
A key collection of essays for listeners, performers, and scholars interested in Brahm's life, work, and times on the occasion of a music festival held at Bard College, August 1990.
A key collection of essays for listeners, performers, and scholars interested in Brahm's life, work, and times on the occasion of a music festival held at Bard College, August 1990.
"Reynolds shows that the stylistic advances made by Richard Wagner and Robert Schumann in 1845-46 stemmed from a deepened understanding of Beethoven's techniques and strategies in the Ninth Symphony, particularly the use of counterpoint involving contrary motion. The trail of in…
It was Carl Dahlhaus who coined the phrase "dead time" to describe the state of the symphony between Schumann and Brahms. Christopher Fifield argues that many of the symphonies dismissed by Dahlhaus made worthy contributions to the genre. He traces the root of the problem furthe…
It was Carl Dahlhaus who coined the phrase "dead time" to describe the state of the symphony between Schumann and Brahms. Christopher Fifield argues that many of the symphonies dismissed by Dahlhaus made worthy contributions to the genre. He traces the root of the problem furthe…