Brahms's Elegies : the poetics of loss in nineteenth-century German culture

Brahms's Elegies : the poetics of loss in nineteenth-century German culture / Nicole Grimes.

Nicole Grimes provides a compellingly fresh perspective on a series of Brahms's elegiac works by bringing together the disciplines of historical musicology, German studies, and cultural history. Her exploration of the expressive potential of Schicksalslied, Nanie, Gesang der Parzen, and the Vie...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Grimes, Nicole (Author), Adorno, Theodor W., 1903-1969 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Series:Music in context.
Subjects:
Brahms, Johannes, > 1833-1897 > Criticism and interpretation.
Brahms, Johannes, > 1833-1897. > Schicksalslied.
Brahms, Johannes, > 1833-1897. > Nänie.
Brahms, Johannes, > 1833-1897. > Gesang der Parzen.
Brahms, Johannes, > 1833-1897. > Ernste Gesänge.
Vocal music > Germany > 19th century > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Brahms's ascending circle : Hölderlin and Schicksalslied
  • The ennoblement of mounrning : Nänie and the death of beauty
  • A disembodied head for mythic justice : Gesang der Parzen
  • The last great cultural harvest : Nietzsche and the Vier ernste Gesänge
  • The sense of an ending : Music's return to the land of childhood
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix : Translation of Theodor Adorno, "Brahms aktuell" (1934).

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