Contributors to this exciting new volume examine the intersection of structure and meaning in Brahms's music, utilizing a wide range of approaches, from the theories of Schenker to the most recent analytical techniques. They combine various viewpoints with the semiotic-based app…
Moritz Auf der Maur, Präsident der Thuner Brahms-Gesellschaft, kann es kaum glauben: Ein Unbekannter bietet ihm die Originalpartitur der berühmten "Thuner Sonate" zum Kauf an. Johannes Brahms hatte das Stück während eines Sommeraufenthalts am Thuner See im Jahre 1886 komponiert.…
This dissertation provides an interpretive guide to Variationen und Fuge über ein Thema von Händel, Op. 24, written in 1861 by Johannes Brahms (1833–1897), in orchestral terms, using as basis the orchestral transcription by Edmund Rubbra (1901–1986), published as his Op. 47 in 1…
For centuries, composers have used their music as an expressive tool, imbuing it with publicly accessible meaning that often reflects the time and place in which the composer lived. Throughout the nineteenth century, the view of music as a means of expression, specifically self-…
This thesis outlines the development of harmonic dualism and traces its evolution into inverse harmony. The first section of this thesis provides a historical overview of harmonic dualism through the writings of several theorists over a time period of nearly 500 years. Dualism a…