Expressive Intersections in Brahms: Essays in Analysis and Meaning (Musical Meaning and Interpretation) - Hardcover

Book 6 of 21: Musical Meaning and Interpretation
 
9780253357052: Expressive Intersections in Brahms: Essays in Analysis and Meaning (Musical Meaning and Interpretation)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0253357055 ISBN 13: 9780253357052
Publisher: Indiana University Press, 2012

Synopsis

Contributors to this exciting new volume examine the intersection of structure and meaning in Brahms's music, utilizing a wide range of approaches, from the theories of Schenker to the most recent analytical techniques. They combine various viewpoints with the semiotic-based approaches of Robert Hatten, and address many of the most important genres in which Brahms composed. The essays reveal the expressive power of a work through the comparison of specific passages in one piece to similar works and through other artistic realms such as literature and painting. The result of this intertextual re-framing is a new awareness of the meaningfulness of even Brahms's most "absolute" works.

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About the Author

Peter H. Smith is Professor of Music at the University of Notre Dame and author of Expressive Forms in Brahms's Instrumental Music (IUP, 2005).

Heather Platt is Professor of Music History at Ball State University and author of Johannes Brahms: A Research and Information Guide (2nd edition, 2011).

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Publisher
Indiana University Press
Publication date
2012
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0253357055
ISBN 13 
9780253357052
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
316
Editor
Platt Heather, Smith Peter H.