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Expressive forms in Brahms's instrumental music : structure and meaning in his Werther quartet, Peter H. Smith

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  • "Johannes Brahms's dramatic Piano Quartet in C Minor, Opus 60, famously known as the Werther Quartet, forms the basis for Peter H. Smith's illuminating theoretical study. Throughout the book, Smith synthesizes the often-opposed approaches of Schenker and Schoenberg, discussing the interaction of different parameters (rhythm, form, key centers, etc.) in a "dimensional counterpoint," and addressing issues of expression in music - particularly those of tragedy and transcendence. Smith then extends his analysis beyond the isolated work, connecting the composer's approach in this piano quartet to comparable works by Brahms, and broadening the analysis to works of Beethoven and Mozart
  • The result is an elucidating and original interpretation of the music of a celebrated composer, and a significant addition to studies in music theory."--Jacket
Language
eng
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1 online resource (ix, 325 pages)
Contents
  • Quintessential Brahms and the paradox of the C-minor piano quartet : a representative yet exceptional work
  • Analytical preliminaries : Brahms's sonata forms and the idea of dimensional counterpoint
  • A Schoenbergian perspective : compositional economy, developing recapitulation, and large-scale form
  • Brahms and Schenker : a mutual response to sonata form
  • Brahms's expository strategies : two-part second groups, three-key expositions, and modal shifts
  • Toward an expressive interpretation : correlations for suicidal despair
  • Intertextual resonances : tragic expression, dimensional counterpoint, and the great C-minor tradition
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9780253023551
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Expressive forms in Brahms's instrumental music : structure and meaning in his Werther quartet
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Expressive forms in Brahms's instrumental music
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structure and meaning in his Werther quartet
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Peter H. Smith
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Language
eng
Summary
  • "Johannes Brahms's dramatic Piano Quartet in C Minor, Opus 60, famously known as the Werther Quartet, forms the basis for Peter H. Smith's illuminating theoretical study. Throughout the book, Smith synthesizes the often-opposed approaches of Schenker and Schoenberg, discussing the interaction of different parameters (rhythm, form, key centers, etc.) in a "dimensional counterpoint," and addressing issues of expression in music - particularly those of tragedy and transcendence. Smith then extends his analysis beyond the isolated work, connecting the composer's approach in this piano quartet to comparable works by Brahms, and broadening the analysis to works of Beethoven and Mozart
  • The result is an elucidating and original interpretation of the music of a celebrated composer, and a significant addition to studies in music theory."--Jacket
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Smith, Peter Howard
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  • bibliography
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Musical meaning and interpretation
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  • Brahms, Johannes
  • Brahms, Johannes
  • Brahms, Johannes
  • Brahms, Johannes
  • Brahms, Johannes
  • Brahms, Johannes
  • Brahms, Johannes
  • Brahms, Johannes
  • Brahms, Johannes
  • MUSIC
  • Instrumentalmusik
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Expressive forms in Brahms's instrumental music : structure and meaning in his Werther quartet, Peter H. Smith
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Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-318) and indexes
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online resource
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Contents
Quintessential Brahms and the paradox of the C-minor piano quartet : a representative yet exceptional work -- Analytical preliminaries : Brahms's sonata forms and the idea of dimensional counterpoint -- A Schoenbergian perspective : compositional economy, developing recapitulation, and large-scale form -- Brahms and Schenker : a mutual response to sonata form -- Brahms's expository strategies : two-part second groups, three-key expositions, and modal shifts -- Toward an expressive interpretation : correlations for suicidal despair -- Intertextual resonances : tragic expression, dimensional counterpoint, and the great C-minor tradition
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1 online resource (ix, 325 pages)
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online
Isbn
9780253023551
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rdamedia
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(OCoLC)953415299
Label
Expressive forms in Brahms's instrumental music : structure and meaning in his Werther quartet, Peter H. Smith
Publication
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-318) and indexes
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Quintessential Brahms and the paradox of the C-minor piano quartet : a representative yet exceptional work -- Analytical preliminaries : Brahms's sonata forms and the idea of dimensional counterpoint -- A Schoenbergian perspective : compositional economy, developing recapitulation, and large-scale form -- Brahms and Schenker : a mutual response to sonata form -- Brahms's expository strategies : two-part second groups, three-key expositions, and modal shifts -- Toward an expressive interpretation : correlations for suicidal despair -- Intertextual resonances : tragic expression, dimensional counterpoint, and the great C-minor tradition
Control code
ocn953415299
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (ix, 325 pages)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780253023551
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Note
JSTOR
Other physical details
illustrations
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
22573/ctt1d27r92
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
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unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
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(OCoLC)953415299

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