Lateness and Brahms : music and culture in the twilight of Viennese liberalism / Margaret Notley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Notley, Margaret Anne.

Series:

AMS studies in music

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897--Criticism and interpretation.

Brahms, Johannes.

Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897.

Criticism and interpretation.

Vienna (Austria)--Intellectual life--19th century.

Vienna (Austria).

Physical Description:

vi, 245 pages : illustrations, music ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Summary:

Lateness and Brahms takes up the fascinating, yet 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 Margaret Notley demonstrates, the tendency to view him in neutralized, ahistorical terms has made his music seem far less interesting than it truly is. In pursuit of an historical Brahms, Notley focuses on the later chamber music, drawing on various documents and perspectives, but with particular emphasis on the relevance of Western Marxist critical traditions.

Contents:

Introduction : 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

Epilogue : the twilight of liberalism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-237) and index.

ISBN:

0195305477

9780195305470

OCLC:

65197807

Publisher Number:

9780195305470