Late idyll : the Second symphony of Johannes Brahms / Reinhold Brinkmann ; translated by Peter Palmer.

Author/creator Brinkmann, Reinhold
Other author Palmer, Peter, 1945- translator.
Format Book
EditionFirst Harvard University Press paperback edition.
Publication InfoCambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 1997, ©1995.
Descriptionix, 241 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. Symphonies, no. 2, op. 73, D major.
Symphonies--19th century. --Analysis, appreciation.

Uniform titleJohannes Brahms, die Zweite Symphonie. English
Contents Genesis and historical place. Contemporaries ; Documents ; Commentaries -- Analysis. Theme ; First movement ; Melancholy ; The middle movements ; Second movement ; Third movement ; Fourth movement -- Idyll, melancholy, and monumental form: Idyll ; Strategies ; Brahms's second again.
Abstract The author guides readers through Brahms's Second Symphony, examining musical ideas in all their compositional facets and placing them in the context of major trends in the intellectual history of late nineteenth-century Europe.
General noteTranslation of Johannes Brahms, der Zweite Symphonie.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 229-236) and index.
ISBN067451176X (pbk.)
ISBN9780674511767 (pbk.)