Brahms`s Poetic Allusions through Hanslick`s Critical Lens
... This bears a striking similarity to the review of Brahms’s late piano pieces, written over half a century later: “all pieces [in both Opp. 116 and 117] sound either wildly passionate or painfully resigned, an epitome of pessimism.” It is certainly possible that Brahms had Schum ...
... This bears a striking similarity to the review of Brahms’s late piano pieces, written over half a century later: “all pieces [in both Opp. 116 and 117] sound either wildly passionate or painfully resigned, an epitome of pessimism.” It is certainly possible that Brahms had Schum ...
Domesticity in Brahms`s String Sextets, Opp. 18 and 36
... arrangements of larger works spring readily to mind. Indeed, many music history textbooks and surveys of the period emphasize new genres and approaches to the piano in order to illustrate the Romantic style of the 1830s-50s and discuss works like the piano quintets of Robert Schumann and Johannes Br ...
... arrangements of larger works spring readily to mind. Indeed, many music history textbooks and surveys of the period emphasize new genres and approaches to the piano in order to illustrate the Romantic style of the 1830s-50s and discuss works like the piano quintets of Robert Schumann and Johannes Br ...
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... Among Brahms’s many achievements, Schoenberg emphasized asymmetry as one of the characteristic features of Brahms’s music. This idea was later further developed by Mahler, Reger, Strauss, and Schoenberg himself. Schoenberg considers such structures to pave the way for an unrestricted musical languag ...
... Among Brahms’s many achievements, Schoenberg emphasized asymmetry as one of the characteristic features of Brahms’s music. This idea was later further developed by Mahler, Reger, Strauss, and Schoenberg himself. Schoenberg considers such structures to pave the way for an unrestricted musical languag ...
the significance and context of brahms‟ op. 1
... Johannes Brahms wrote his first published piano sonata in 1852-3, but it was not the first piece he composed. Although his C-major piano sonata is labeled op. 1, he actually wrote the Scherzo op. 4 first, followed by the Sonata op. 2, and then the Sonata op. 1 (all works for solo piano). However, he ...
... Johannes Brahms wrote his first published piano sonata in 1852-3, but it was not the first piece he composed. Although his C-major piano sonata is labeled op. 1, he actually wrote the Scherzo op. 4 first, followed by the Sonata op. 2, and then the Sonata op. 1 (all works for solo piano). However, he ...
St. Francis Prep Music Department Independent Study Course
... 9) Was Brahms very proud of himself or was he very critical of himself and his compositions? 10) What did Johannes Brahms do with compositions that he was not satisfied with? 11) Before Johannes Brahms published his first string quartet, what did he do with the 20 earlier string quartets that he com ...
... 9) Was Brahms very proud of himself or was he very critical of himself and his compositions? 10) What did Johannes Brahms do with compositions that he was not satisfied with? 11) Before Johannes Brahms published his first string quartet, what did he do with the 20 earlier string quartets that he com ...
Johannes Brahms - Dr David Wright
... caused him many problems and was later to become his “Piano Quartet, Op. 60” which is a conflict expressing his own feelings. Clara was also very troubled. The seriousness of his music was a reflection of the Schumann situation. Robert died on 29 July 1856. The relationship between Clara and Johanne ...
... caused him many problems and was later to become his “Piano Quartet, Op. 60” which is a conflict expressing his own feelings. Clara was also very troubled. The seriousness of his music was a reflection of the Schumann situation. Robert died on 29 July 1856. The relationship between Clara and Johanne ...
DUX 1217 / 2015 Eine Jugendfreundschaft Ludwig Thuille und
... The friendship between Richard Strauss (1864-1949) and Ludwig Thuille (1861-1907) has been the subject of numerous research projects. While musicologists have focused primarily on the life and work of the Bavarian composer, less is known about his friend, Thuille, who has been regarded as a minor fi ...
... The friendship between Richard Strauss (1864-1949) and Ludwig Thuille (1861-1907) has been the subject of numerous research projects. While musicologists have focused primarily on the life and work of the Bavarian composer, less is known about his friend, Thuille, who has been regarded as a minor fi ...
Music Department Independent Study Course Johannes Brahms Chapter 2: The Brothels of Hamburg
... 25) Concerning Joseph Joachim, Dr. Greenburg states that he was a protégé of which famous composer? Also in which violin concerto did be perform the solo part (a concerto that had not been performed in thirty five years) 26) Dr. Greenburg, speaking about Joseph Joachim makes three important points a ...
... 25) Concerning Joseph Joachim, Dr. Greenburg states that he was a protégé of which famous composer? Also in which violin concerto did be perform the solo part (a concerto that had not been performed in thirty five years) 26) Dr. Greenburg, speaking about Joseph Joachim makes three important points a ...
Johannes Brahms
... of the musical scene. I • n his lifetime, Brahms's popularity and influence were considerable; following a comment by the nineteenth-century conductor Hans von Bülow, he is sometimes grouped with Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven as one of the "Three Bs". ...
... of the musical scene. I • n his lifetime, Brahms's popularity and influence were considerable; following a comment by the nineteenth-century conductor Hans von Bülow, he is sometimes grouped with Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven as one of the "Three Bs". ...
1833 1897 - Chamber Music Houston
... In 1860, infuriated by an editorial in the Neue Zeitschrift für Musik, Brahms and the composerviolinist Joachim published a reply. The editorial contended that the marriage of literature and music was the only true path for the "music of the future." Brahms, who saw ...
... In 1860, infuriated by an editorial in the Neue Zeitschrift für Musik, Brahms and the composerviolinist Joachim published a reply. The editorial contended that the marriage of literature and music was the only true path for the "music of the future." Brahms, who saw ...
2012-10-23, Sheppard program notes and bio
... work of great turbulence and violent emotions. The use of major seconds (and, conversely, major sevenths and ninths) is revolutionary. Tritones (the diavolus in musica – the devil in music) abound. Debussy’s West Wind is not the Zephyr of Greek mythology, bearer of Spring rains and abundance. This W ...
... work of great turbulence and violent emotions. The use of major seconds (and, conversely, major sevenths and ninths) is revolutionary. Tritones (the diavolus in musica – the devil in music) abound. Debussy’s West Wind is not the Zephyr of Greek mythology, bearer of Spring rains and abundance. This W ...
Vol 22 Notes - J. Strauss Volume 22 - hantels
... Earlier, that March, towards the close of the exceptionally long Vienna Carnival of 1859, Johann had suffered a virtual nervous breakdown and planned to leave Vienna on 25 April, well in advance of the start of his Russian engagement. The apparent inevitability of war (which in fact broke out on 26 ...
... Earlier, that March, towards the close of the exceptionally long Vienna Carnival of 1859, Johann had suffered a virtual nervous breakdown and planned to leave Vienna on 25 April, well in advance of the start of his Russian engagement. The apparent inevitability of war (which in fact broke out on 26 ...
historical!overview!and!brief!analysis - Cardinal Scholar Home
... popularity!of!large_scale!instrumental!music!in!the!early!part!of!the!seventeenth! century.4!!Canzon&duodecimi&toni!(1597)!was!first!published!in!this&collection,&& which!was!one!of!the!first!publications!containing!music!specifically!scored!for! brass!instruments.!!It!contained!sixteen!instrumental ...
... popularity!of!large_scale!instrumental!music!in!the!early!part!of!the!seventeenth! century.4!!Canzon&duodecimi&toni!(1597)!was!first!published!in!this&collection,&& which!was!one!of!the!first!publications!containing!music!specifically!scored!for! brass!instruments.!!It!contained!sixteen!instrumental ...
SESSION 1: OPERA NARRATIVES AND ORIGINS THE
... devoted to real events on the evening of 17 October 1805 at Berlin’s Nationaltheater. In both Alexis’s re-imagining and in contemporary accounts, the performances of Joseph Marius Babo’s Der Puls and Friedrich Schiller’s Wallensteins Lager were overshadowed by what followed: after Schiller’s Reiterl ...
... devoted to real events on the evening of 17 October 1805 at Berlin’s Nationaltheater. In both Alexis’s re-imagining and in contemporary accounts, the performances of Joseph Marius Babo’s Der Puls and Friedrich Schiller’s Wallensteins Lager were overshadowed by what followed: after Schiller’s Reiterl ...
Considered by many scholars as one of the finest
... Strauss used to depict some of the adventures of the hero have been controversial from its composition to the present day. One of the most talked about episodes of the work is Variation II, which describes onomatopoeically the bleating of the sheep which Don Quijote attacked, taking them for the mig ...
... Strauss used to depict some of the adventures of the hero have been controversial from its composition to the present day. One of the most talked about episodes of the work is Variation II, which describes onomatopoeically the bleating of the sheep which Don Quijote attacked, taking them for the mig ...
Program notes - San Diego Symphony
... these songs are suffused with a sense of calm, of acceptance, of fullness; one comes away from this music not depressed but consoled and moved by the beauty of Strauss’ vision. Part of the strength of the Four Last Songs comes from what has been called “Strauss’ lifelong love affair with the soprano ...
... these songs are suffused with a sense of calm, of acceptance, of fullness; one comes away from this music not depressed but consoled and moved by the beauty of Strauss’ vision. Part of the strength of the Four Last Songs comes from what has been called “Strauss’ lifelong love affair with the soprano ...
The Story of Antonin Dvorak 1841-1904
... was living, persuaded Dvorak's father to let him pursue a musical career. In 1857 at the Prague Organ School, Dvorak studied to become a church musician. Here he became acquainted with classical music. He carefully saved his money so that he could attend concerts of visiting artists such as Franz Li ...
... was living, persuaded Dvorak's father to let him pursue a musical career. In 1857 at the Prague Organ School, Dvorak studied to become a church musician. Here he became acquainted with classical music. He carefully saved his money so that he could attend concerts of visiting artists such as Franz Li ...
PROGRAM NOTES Richard Strauss Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
... After the premiere of Elektra, with its searing dissonances, powerhouse orchestra, and Wagnerian voices, Strauss felt the need for a change of pace, and he was overheard saying, “Now I shall write a Mozart opera.” Hofmannsthal knew precisely what Strauss wanted, and the new libretto he mailed in in ...
... After the premiere of Elektra, with its searing dissonances, powerhouse orchestra, and Wagnerian voices, Strauss felt the need for a change of pace, and he was overheard saying, “Now I shall write a Mozart opera.” Hofmannsthal knew precisely what Strauss wanted, and the new libretto he mailed in in ...
Transformation of Themes, Controlled Pianistic Textures, and
... terms of technical execution. However, their artistic value is frequently questioned. This dissertation examines the compositional elements that are often overlooked in these virtuoso works, and provides a viewpoint into their interpretative characteristics. Furthermore, it pursues a claim that besi ...
... terms of technical execution. However, their artistic value is frequently questioned. This dissertation examines the compositional elements that are often overlooked in these virtuoso works, and provides a viewpoint into their interpretative characteristics. Furthermore, it pursues a claim that besi ...
任课教师教学材料 任 课 教 师 ZHANG MIN 课 程 名 称 THE HISTORY
... values of the voces organales decreased as the parts multiplied, with the duplum (the part above the tenor) having smaller rhythmic values than the tenor, the triplum (the line above the duplum) having smaller rhythmic values than the duplum, and so on. As time went by, the texts of the voces organa ...
... values of the voces organales decreased as the parts multiplied, with the duplum (the part above the tenor) having smaller rhythmic values than the tenor, the triplum (the line above the duplum) having smaller rhythmic values than the duplum, and so on. As time went by, the texts of the voces organa ...
Program Note
... Strauss was disabused of his naïve belief that the Nazis would countenance his partnership with the Jewish Zweig. The composer successfully fought to have Zweig’s name listed on the playbills (as a result, the piece would disappear from theaters), but the writer had already found a substitute libret ...
... Strauss was disabused of his naïve belief that the Nazis would countenance his partnership with the Jewish Zweig. The composer successfully fought to have Zweig’s name listed on the playbills (as a result, the piece would disappear from theaters), but the writer had already found a substitute libret ...
June 08 pp. 2-21.indd
... sleep of libraries.” And that was that. As an opera devoté and particular admirer of Strauss’s music, I determined that the best solution to this impasse would be to make my own arrangement based on the piano-vocal score of the opera, with a hint of the Strauss concert ending: the first four measure ...
... sleep of libraries.” And that was that. As an opera devoté and particular admirer of Strauss’s music, I determined that the best solution to this impasse would be to make my own arrangement based on the piano-vocal score of the opera, with a hint of the Strauss concert ending: the first four measure ...
Strauss, Johann I - Department of Physics | Oregon State
... successful composer like his father and grew to be known as the Waltz King. The early life of Johann Strauss I was not a particularly happy one, his mother passed away when he was just seven years old, and his father was found drowned in a river when he was 12. Since he lost both parents his guardia ...
... successful composer like his father and grew to be known as the Waltz King. The early life of Johann Strauss I was not a particularly happy one, his mother passed away when he was just seven years old, and his father was found drowned in a river when he was 12. Since he lost both parents his guardia ...
The History of Music, Second Edition
... and even opera. But some of his music bewildered and challenged his listeners, especially his use of dissonance.] 2. What are consonant and dissonant harmony? [Harmony is concerned with the sound of several notes played at once, especially in homophonic music. Along with many other factors, harmony ...
... and even opera. But some of his music bewildered and challenged his listeners, especially his use of dissonance.] 2. What are consonant and dissonant harmony? [Harmony is concerned with the sound of several notes played at once, especially in homophonic music. Along with many other factors, harmony ...
Programme and annotations
... Udo Steingraeber represents the 6th generation of the Steingraeber family today. He will talk about the myth and the tragedies of Bayreuth, Wagner and Liszt – the audience will be able to listen to the mighty "Gralsmotiv" in historic recordings, the very last piece of Liszt, the Bagatelle sans Tonal ...
... Udo Steingraeber represents the 6th generation of the Steingraeber family today. He will talk about the myth and the tragedies of Bayreuth, Wagner and Liszt – the audience will be able to listen to the mighty "Gralsmotiv" in historic recordings, the very last piece of Liszt, the Bagatelle sans Tonal ...
Allgemeiner Deutscher Musikverein
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The Allgemeiner Deutscher Musikverein (ADMV) (General German Music Association) was a German musical association founded in 1861 by Franz Liszt and Franz Brendel, to embody the musical ideals of the New German School of music.