Conducting the Brahms symphonies : from Brahms to Boult

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Conducting the Brahms symphonies : from Brahms to Boult

Title remainder

from Brahms to Boult

Statement of responsibility

Christopher Dyment

Creator

• Dyment, Christopher

Author

• Dyment, Christopher

Subject

• Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897
• Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897
• Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897
• Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897 -- Performances
• Conductors (Music)
• Conductors (Music) -- History -- 19th century
• Conductors (Music) -- History -- 20th century
• Dirigent
• Electronic books
• History
• 1800-1999
• MUSIC -- Reference
• Performance practice (Music)
• Performance practice (Music) -- History -- 19th century
• Performance practice (Music) -- History -- 20th century
• Performances
• Sinfonie
• Symphonies (Brahms, Johannes)
• MUSIC -- Genres & Styles | Classical
• Aufführung

Genre

• History
• Electronic books

Language

eng

Summary

How did Brahms conduct his four symphonies? What did he want from other conductors when they performed these works, and to which among them did he give his approval? And crucially, are there any stylistic pointers to these performances in early recordings of the symphonies made in the first half of the twentieth century? Christopher Dyment provides a comprehensive and in-depth answer to these important issues. Drawing together the strands of existing research with extensive new material from a wide range of sources, he presents a vivid picture of historic performance practice in Brahms's era and the half-century that followed. Here is a remarkable panorama showcasing Brahms himself conducting, together with those conductors whom he heard, among them Levi, Richter, Nikisch, Weingartner and Fritz Steinbach, and their disciples, such as Toscanini, Stokowski, Boult and Fritz Busch. Here, too, are other famed Brahms conductors of the early twentieth century, including Furtwangler and Abendroth, whose connections with the Brahms tradition are closely examined. The author then analyses recordings of the symphonies by these conductors and highlights aspects which the composer might well have commended. Finally, Dyment suggests the importance of his conclusions for those contemporary conductors who are currently attempting to rediscover genuine performance traditions in their own re-creations of the symphonies. This study is complemented with photographs and a frontispiece

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N$T

Illustrations

• illustrations
• portraits

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography