On Brahms and his circle : essays and documentary studies / by Karl Geiringer ; revised and enlarged by George S. Bozarth with a foreword by Walter Frisch.
| Author/creator |
Geiringer, Karl, 1899-1989 |
| Other author/creator | Bozarth, George S. |
| Other author/creator | Frisch, Walter, 1951- writer of foreword. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Sterling Heights, Mich. : Harmonie Park Press ; Seattle, Wash. : published in association with the American Brahms Society, 2006. |
| Description | xxviii, 418 pages : illustrations, music ; 27 cm. |
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| Series | Detroit monographs in musicology/Studies in music ; no. 49 Detroit monographs in musicology/Studies in music ; no. 49. ^A281112 |
| Contents | Essays and articles on Brahms. Brahms the ambivalent ; Brahms the collector of books and music ; Brahms the music historian ; Brahms the reader of literature, history, and philosophy ; Schumann's last years ; The picture book of the Ettlinger sisters: on the youthful years of Hermann Levi and his friends Johannes Brahms and Julius Allgeyer ; Brahms the symphonist ; Brahms, Joachim, and the two string concertos ; The final days -- Correspondence with Brahms. The Brahms family ; Carl Ferdinand Pohl ; George Grove ; Eusebius Mandyczewski ; Friedrich Chrysander ; George Henschel ; Antonin Dvorak ; Richard Wagner -- Editions of music. Brahms's performance arrangements of "Es ist genug" ; The Ophelia Lieder. |
| Abstract | The present volume, brings together essays, articles, and program notes on Brahms written by Karl Geiringer between 1933 and his death. As such it constitutes a companion volume to Geiringer's classic "life and works" study of Brahms, co-authored with his first wife, Irene. The research has been updated and provided with context through footnotes and editorial postscripts. The articles in German have been translated into English and letters to and from Brahms that Geiringer published only in English translation have had their original German texts added. In these nineteen chapters we may experience Brahms's conflicted personality, see him studying the music of the past, gain insight into his symphonic works and concertos, and encounter him through the eyes of young female admirers. We can read his private communications from his family and from such figures as Dvorak and Wagner, the singer George Henschel, and music historians George Grove, C. F. Pohl, and Friedrich Chrysander. And we may chart the course of his last days. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| LCCN | 2006050261 |
| ISBN | 0899901360 |
| ISBN | 9780899901367 |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Music | Music Stacks | ML410.B8 G43 2006 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |