Brahms and His World

by Frisch, Walter; Karnes, Kevin C.

• ISBN13: 9781400833627
• ISBN10: 1400833620
• Edition: Revised
• Copyright: 2010-08-01
• Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr

Summary

Since its first publication in 1990,Brahms and His Worldhas become a key text for listeners, performers, and scholars interested in the life, work, and times of one of the nineteenth century's most celebrated composers. In this substantially revised and enlarged edition, the editors remain close to the vision behind the original book while updating its contents to reflect new perspectives on Brahms that have developed over the past two decades. To this end, the original essays by leading experts are retained and revised, and supplemented by contributions from a new generation of Brahms scholars. Together, they consider such topics as Brahms's relationship with Clara and Robert Schumann, his musical interactions with the "New German School" of Wagner and Liszt, his influence upon Arnold Schoenberg and other young composers, his approach to performing his own music, and his productive interactions with visual artists.The essays are complemented by a new selection of criticism and analyses of Brahms's works published by the composer's contemporaries, documenting the ways in which Brahms's music was understood by nineteenth- and early twentieth-century audiences in Europe and North America. A new selection of memoirs by Brahms's friends, students, and early admirers provides intimate glimpses into the composer's working methods and personality. And a catalog of the music, literature, and visual arts dedicated to Brahms documents the breadth of influence exerted by the composer upon his contemporaries.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments	p. ix
Preface and Acknowledgments from the First Edition	p. xi
Permissions and Credits	p. xiii
Essays
Time and Memory: Concert Life, Science, and Music in Brahms's Vienna	p. 3
Johannes Brahms, Solitary Altruist	p. 27
Brahms the Godfather	p. 41
Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms	p. 57
The Pianos of Johannes Brahms	p. 73
Brahms, the Third Symphony, and the New German School	p. 95
The "Brahms Fog": On Analyzing Brahmsian Influences at the Fin de Siècle	p. 117
Between Work and Play: Brahms as Performer of His Own Music	p. 137
Brahms, Max Klinger, and the Promise of the Gesamtkunstwerk: Revisiting the Brahms-Phantasie (1894)	p. 167
Reception and Analysis
Five Early Works by Brahms (1862)	p. 195
Piano Sonata in C Major, op.	p. 1
Piano Sonata in F-sharp Minor, op.	p. 2
Piano Sonata in F Minor, op.	p. 5
Piano Trio in B Major, op. 8 [1854 version]
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, op.	p. 15
Discovering Brahms (1862-72)	p. 217
Johannes Brahms (1862-63)
Serenade No. 1 in D Major, op. 11 (1862)
German Requiem, op. 45 (1867)
Sextet No. 2 in G Major, op. 36 (1867)
Triumphlied, op. 55, and Schicksalslied, op. 54 (1872)
The Brahms Symphonies (1887)	p. 233
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, op.	p. 68
Symphony No. 2 in D Major, op.	p. 73
Symphony No. 3 in F Major, op.	p. 90
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, op.	p. 98
Brahms's A Cappella Choral Pieces, op. 104 (1892)	p. 253
Nachtwache I
Nachtwache II
Letztes Glück
Verlorene Jugend
Im Herbst
Brahms's Four Serious Songs, op. 121 (1914)	p. 267
"A Modern of the Moderns": Brahms's First Symphony in New York and Boston	p. 287
Memoirs
Johannes Brahms: The Last Days Memories and Letters	p. 307
My Early Acquaintance with Brahms	p. 339
Remembering Johannes Brahms: Brahms and His Krefeld Friends	p. 349
Johannes Brahms as Man, Teacher, and Artist	p. 381
Brahms and the Newer Generation: Personal Reminiscences	p. 425
"Dedicated to Johannes Brahms"	p. 433
Prepared
Index	p. 443
Notes on the Contributors	p. 459
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