Brahms among friends : listening, performance, and the rhetoric of allusion

Brahms among friends : listening, performance, and the rhetoric of allusion / Paul Berry.

"Brahms Among Friends identifies patterns of listening, performance, and composition among close friends of Johannes Brahms and explores how those patterns informed the creation and reception of his music in the intimate genres of song, sonata, trio, and piano miniature. Among the tangled threa...

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Main Author: Berry, Paul, 1977- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2014]
Series:AMS studies in music.
Subjects:
Brahms, Johannes, > 1833-1897 > Criticism and interpretation.
Brahms, Johannes, > 1833-1897
Brahms, Johannes > 1833-1897
Music appreciation.
MUSIC > Genres & Styles > Classical.
MUSIC > Reference.
Music appreciation
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Freundeskreis
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • Occasional Lullabies. Old melodies, new identities ; Lessons in politics and innuendo
  • Themes and Variations. Emulation as empathy ; Consequences of criticism
  • Clara at the Keyboard. Family resemblances ; Shared nostalgia ; Grief and transformation
  • Rhetorics of Closure. Forests of the heart ; Counterpoint and catharsis ; Concealment as self-restraint.

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