| Description |
1 online resource (xxvii, 395 pages) : illustrations, music |
| Contents |
Brahms in the home: An introduction / Katy Hamilton and Natasha Loges -- The Joachim Quartet concerts at the Berlin Singakademie: Mendelssohnian Geselligkeit in Wilhelmine Germany / Robert W. Eshbach -- Domesticity in Brahms's string sextets, opp. 18 and 36 / Marie Sumner Lott -- Where was the home of Brahms's piano works? / Katrin Eich -- Main and shadowy existence(s): Works and arrangements in the oeuvre of Johannes Brahms / Michael Struck -- Brahms arranges his symphonies / Robert Pascall -- At the piano with Joseph and Johannes: Joachim's overtures in Brahms's circle / Valerie Woodring Goertzen -- Brahms and his arrangers / Helen Paskins, with Katy Hamilton and Natasha Loges -- Brahms in the Wittgenstein homes: A memoir and letters / Styra Avins -- The construction of gender and mores in Brahms's Mädchenlieder / Heather Platt -- Music inside the home and outside the box: Brahms's vocal quartets in context / Katy Hamilton -- The limits of the lied: Brahms's Magelone-Romanzen Op. 33 / Natasha Loges -- Being (like) Brahms: Emulation and ideology in late nineteenth-century Hausmusik / Markus Böggemann -- The cultural dialectics of chamber music: Adorno and the visual-acoustic imaginary of Bildung / Richard Leppert |
| Summary |
"Johannes Brahms was a consummate professional musician, a successful pianist, conductor, music director, editor and composer. Yet he also faithfully championed the world of private music-making, creating many works and arrangements for enjoyment in the home by amateurs. This collection explores Brahms's public and private musical identities from various angles: the original works he wrote with amateurs in mind; his approach to creating piano arrangements of not only his own, but also other composers' works; his relationships with his arrangers; the deeper symbolism and lasting legacy of private music-making in his day; and a hitherto unpublished memoir which evokes his Viennese social world. Using Brahms as their focus point, the contributors trace the overlapping worlds of public and private music-making in the nineteenth century, discussing the boundaries between the composer's professional identity and his lifelong engagement with amateur music-making"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 366-383) and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from e-book title screen (Cambridge Books Online, viewed April 10, 2015) |
| Subject |
Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897 -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897 fast |
| Subject |
Music -- Germany -- 19th century -- History and criticism
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MUSIC -- General.
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MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Classical.
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MUSIC -- Reference.
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Music
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Germany
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hamilton, Katy, 1982- editor.
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Loges, Natasha, editor
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| ISBN |
9781316073131 |
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1316073130 |
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9781107337404 |
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1107337402 |
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9781316077863 |
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1316077861 |
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9781322176864 |
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1322176868 |
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