Expressive intersections in Brahms
Subtitle: essays in analysis and meaning
By: [edited by] Heather Platt and Peter H. Smith
Series: Musical meaning and interpretation
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Bloomington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 305
ISBN-13: 9780253357052; 9780253005250
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation
Description: 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 [Publisher description].
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.