Brahms

by Neunzig, Hans Adolf

• ISBN13: 9781904341178
• ISBN10: 1904341179
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-07-01
• Publisher: TRAFALGAR SQUARE

Summary

This volume forms part of the "Life and Times" series of compact andccessible biographies which cover key political, literary and musicaligures.;This title is about the life and work of German composer Johannesrahms (1833-97) who was one of the seminal musical figures of the 19thentury. He shot to fame as a dashing young composer "the one who had to come"ccording to Robert Schumann. He consciously "switched" this image,efashioning himself as the elder statesman of German music, the heir to Bachnd Beethoven. The internal conflict between romantic lion and "eminencerise" enlivened his music, which influenced nearly every composer whoollowed him.

Author Biography

Hons A Neunzig is an editor and writer on literature and music. His work includes studies of the German Romantic composers and writers

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. vii
Brahms's century	p. 1
Family background and childhood	p. 15
Brahms's life and friends	p. 23
The dispute over music: Liszt, Wagner and Bruckner	p. 109
Brahms's music	p. 120
Songs	p. 129
Large-scale choral works	p. 132
Orchestral works	p. 134
Piano and chamber music	p. 139
Notes	p. 145
Chronology	p. 154
List of Works	p. 164
Select Discography	p. 170
Picture Sources	p. 173
Index	p. 174
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