The Music of BrahmsThis contemporary view of Brahms, 150 years after his birth, concentrates on his music, with a brief discussion of his life in the Introduction. A list of works includes recent discoveries and a calendar outlines the pattern of his musical life. |
Contents
Songs and Piano Music | 33 |
Choral Music | 66 |
Chamber Music | 89 |
Orchestral Music | 120 |
Songs and Piano Music | 145 |
Choral Music | 165 |
Chamber Music | 178 |
Orchestral Music | 209 |
The Final Period | 241 |
List of Works | 271 |
Calendar | 292 |
Notes | 311 |
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Allegro appears Bach background bars bass Beethoven Brahms's Brahmsian cadence canon Capriccio Cello Sonata chamber character characteristic choral chord chorus Clara Clarinet close coda composition context contrapuntal contrast counterpoint D minor dominant earlier Ein deutsches Requiem example exposition expression F sharp finale flat major flat minor folksong fugue G major G minor Gesellschaft gipsy Hamburg Handel harmonic horn idea idiom Intermezzo J. S. Bach Joachim Johannes Brahms Kalbeck later lyrical material melody metre mood motet opening orchestral original parallel passage pattern pedal phrase pianism Piano Concerto Piano Quartet piece Quintet recalls recapitulation reflects relation relationship repetition Requiem retransition rhythmic Romantic rondo scherzo Schoenberg Schubert Schumann second movement second subject seems setting Sextet sharp minor slow movement solo song String Quartet structure style submediant Symphony texture thematic theme third movement tonal tonic tradition transition Vienna viola Violin Sonata voices whilst work's