The Scherzo in the Symphony Between Beethoven and Brahms
Author: Catherine Brunson (Luen)
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Published: 1953
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Author: Catherine Brunson (Luen)
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Published: 1953
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Christopher Fifield
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-03-03
Total Pages: 331
ISBN-13: 1317030400
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIt 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 further back to Beethoven’s ninth symphony, a work which then proceeded to intimidate symphonists who followed in its composer's footsteps, including Schubert, Mendelssohn and Schumann. In 1824 Beethoven set a standard that then had to rise in response to more demanding expectations from both audiences and the musical press. Christopher Fifield, who has a conductor’s intimacy with the repertory, looks in turn at the five decades between the mid-1820s and mid-1870s. He deals only with non-programmatic works, leaving the programme symphony to travel its own route to the symphonic poem. Composers who lead to Brahms (himself a reluctant symphonist until the age of 43 in 1876) are frequently dismissed as epigones of Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Schumann but by investigating their symphonies, Fifield reveals their respective brands of originality, even their own possible influence upon Brahms himself and in so doing, shines a light into a half-century of neglected nineteenth century German symphonic music.
Author: Christopher Fifield
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-03-03
Total Pages: 366
ISBN-13: 1317030397
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIt 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 further back to Beethoven’s ninth symphony, a work which then proceeded to intimidate symphonists who followed in its composer's footsteps, including Schubert, Mendelssohn and Schumann. In 1824 Beethoven set a standard that then had to rise in response to more demanding expectations from both audiences and the musical press. Christopher Fifield, who has a conductor’s intimacy with the repertory, looks in turn at the five decades between the mid-1820s and mid-1870s. He deals only with non-programmatic works, leaving the programme symphony to travel its own route to the symphonic poem. Composers who lead to Brahms (himself a reluctant symphonist until the age of 43 in 1876) are frequently dismissed as epigones of Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Schumann but by investigating their symphonies, Fifield reveals their respective brands of originality, even their own possible influence upon Brahms himself and in so doing, shines a light into a half-century of neglected nineteenth century German symphonic music.
Author: Walter Frisch
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2003-01-01
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780300099652
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this title, Walter Frisch provides a sensitive, analytical commentary on Braham's four symphonies as well as a consideration of their place within his oeuvre, within the symphonic repertory of his day, and within the broader musical culture of 19th-century Germany and Austria.
Author: David Lee Brodbeck
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1997-01-23
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780521479592
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA 1997 examination of the genesis, background and extra-compositional allusions of this controversial work.
Author: PHILIP H. GOEPP
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Published: 1913
Total Pages: 1280
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Norman Del Mar
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 248
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAfter two volumes of reflections on conducting the orchestral music of Beethoven, Normal Del Mar now turns to the music of Brahms. His own interpretations, over a career of half a century, have been hailed as unusually sincere and thoughtful. As before, Del Mar's insights will be of greatinterest to practicing musicians and lovers of these great works.
Author: Felix Weingartner
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Published: 1904
Total Pages: 116
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Ryan McClelland
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-04-15
Total Pages: 337
ISBN-13: 1317172841
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDespite the incredible diversity in Brahms's scherzo-type movements, there has been no comprehensive consideration of this aspect of his oeuvre. Professor Ryan McClelland provides an in-depth study of these movements that also contributes significantly to an understanding of Brahms's compositional language and his creative dialogue with musical traditions. McClelland especially highlights the role of rhythmic-metric design in Brahms's music and its relationship to expressive meaning. In Brahms's scherzo-type movements, McClelland traces transformations of primary thematic material, demonstrating how the relationship of the initial music to its subsequent versions creates a musical narrative that provides structural coherence and generates expressive meaning. McClelland's interpretations of the expressive implications of Brahms's fascinatingly intricate musical structures frequently engage issues directly relevant to performance. This illuminating book will appeal to music theorists, musicologists working on nineteenth-century instrumental music and performers.
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Published: 2010
Total Pages: 349
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