Expressive intersections in Brahms : essays in analysis and meaning / edited by Heather Platt and Peter H. Smith.
| Other author | Platt, Heather Anne, editor. |
| Other author | Smith, Peter Howard, editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2012. |
| Description | viii, 305 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, music ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Musical meaning and interpretation Musical meaning and interpretation. ^A589150 |
| Contents | Part 1. "The wondrous transformation of thought into sound": some preliminary reflections on musical meaning in Brahms / Heather Platt and Peter H. Smith -- The learned self: artifice in Brahms's late intermezzi / Steven Rings -- Part 2. "Alte liebe" and the birds of spring: text, music, and image in Max Klinger's Brahms Fantasy / Yonatan Malin -- Brahms's Madchenlieder and their cultural context / Heather Platt -- Ancient tragedy and anachronism: form as expression in Brahms's Gesang der Parzen / Margaret Notley -- Part 3. Sequence as expressive culmination in the chamber music of Brahms / Ryan McClelland -- "Phantasia subitanea": temporal caprice in Brahms's op. 116, nos. 1 and 7 / Frank Samarotto -- Monumentality and formal processes in the first movement of Brahms's piano concerto no. 1 in D minor, op. 15 / James Hepokoski -- The drama of tonal pairing in chamber music of Schumann and Brahms / Peter H. Smith. |
| Abstract | 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 approaches of Robert Hatten, and address many of the most important genres in which Brahms composed. The essays reveal the expressive power of a work through the comparison of specific passages in one piece to similar works and through other artistic realms such as literature and painting. The result of this intertextual re-framing is a new awareness of the meaningfulness of even Brahms's most "absolute" works. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-296) and indexes. |
| LCCN | 2011031951 |
| ISBN | 9780253357052 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0253357055 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780253005250 (e-book) |
| ISBN | 0253005256 (e-book) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Stacks | ML410.B8 E77 2012 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |