| Series |
AMS studies in music
AMS studies in music. ^A610677
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| Contents |
Lateness and Brahms -- Brahms as liberal, Bruckner as other -- Brahms and the problem of late style -- Themes and first movements: questions of lateness and individualism -- Music pedagogy, musicology, and Brahms's collection of octaves and fifths: historical decline, personal renewal -- Volksconcerte and concepts of genre in Brahms's Vienna -- Adagios in Brahms's late chamber music: genre aesthetics and cultural critique -- The twilight of liberalism -- Appendix. Brahm's multimovement works: dates of completion and tempo designations for the slow movement. |
| Abstract |
This book takes up the understudied problem of how Brahms fits into the culture of turn-of-the-century Vienna. Brahms's conspicuous and puzzling absence in previous scholarly accounts of the time and place raises important questions, and as the author demonstrates, the tendency to view him in neutralized, ahistorical terms has made his music seem far less interesting than it truly is. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-237) and index. |
| LCCN | 2006008848 |
| ISBN | 0195305477 |
| ISBN | 9780195305470 |
