Expressive intersections in Brahms : essays in analysis and meaning / edited by Heather Platt and Peter H. Smith.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Platt, Heather Anne.

Smith, Peter Howard.

Series:

Musical meaning and interpretation

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Brahms, Johannes.

Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

viii, 305 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2012]

Contents:

Part 1

1 "The Wondrous Transformation of Thought into Sound": Some Preliminary Reflections on Musical Meaning in Brahms / Heather Platt Platt, Heather, Peter H. Smith Smith, Peter H. 3

2 The Learned Self: Artifice in Brahms's Late Intermezzi / Steven Rings Rings, Steven 19

Part 2

3 "Alte Liebe" and the Birds of Spring: Text, Music, and Image in Max Klinger's / Brahms Fantasy Fantasy, Brahms, Yonatan Malin Malin, Yonatan 53

4 Brahms's Mädchenlieder and Their Cultural Context / Heather Platt Platt, Heather 80

5 Ancient Tragedy and Anachronism: Form as Expression in Brahms's Gesang der Parzen / Margaret Notley Notley, Margaret 111

Part 3

6 Sequence as Expressive Culmination in the Chamber Music of Brahms / Ryan McClelland McClelland, Ryan 147

7 "Phantasia subitanea": Temporal Caprice in Brahms's op. 116, nos. 1 and 7 / Frank Samarotto Samarotto, Frank 186

8 Monumentality and Formal Processes in the First Movement of Brahms's Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, op. 15 / James Hepokoski Hepokoski, James 217

9 The Drama of Tonal Pairing in Chamber Music of Schumann and Brahms / Peter H. Smith Smith, Peter H. 252.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780253357052

0253357055

9780253005250

0253005256

OCLC:

696100060