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.
ISBN: | 9780253357052 |
Publisher: | Indiana University Press |
Imprint: | Indiana University Press |
Published date: | 18 Jul 2012 |
DEWEY: | 780.92 |
DEWEY edition: | 23 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 305 |
Weight: | 636g |
Height: | 160mm |
Width: | 237mm |
Spine width: | 30mm |