A Brahms Reader The book quotes extensively from Brahms's own words an.Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) was prominent not only as a composer but as a pianist, conductor, editor, scholar, collector, and friend of many notables. He was also, in private, an articu
| TITLE | : | A Brahms Reader |
| AUTHOR | : | |
| RATING | : | 4.96 (417 Votes) |
| ASIN | : | 0300068042 |
| FORMAT TYPE | : | Hardcover |
| NUMBER of PAGES | : | 362 Pages |
| PUBLISH DATE | : | 2000-02-09 |
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Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) was prominent not only as a composer but as a pianist, conductor, editor, scholar, collector, and friend of many notables. He was also, in private, an articulate critic, connoisseur of other arts, and traveler. In this enlightening book, the eminent Brahms scholar Michael Musgrave presents a comprehensive and original account of the composer's private and professional lives.Drawing on an array of documentary materials, Musgrave weaves together diverse strands to illuminate Brahms's character and personality; his outlook as a composer; his attitudes toward other composers; his activities as pianist and conductor; his scholarly and cultural interests; his friendships with Robert and Clara Schumann and others; his social life and travel; and critical attitudes toward his music from his own time to the present.The book quotes extensively from Brahms's own words an
EDITORIAL :
This is a thoughtful, impressively researched book, unusual in its perspective and organization. In separate chapters, Michael Musgrave presents Johannes Brahms the man, friend, and colleague, as well as the student, composer, performer, and scholar, in his private life and public life, drawing on his own words and those of his friends and contemporaries. The final section is devoted to the critical and public reception of his works, beginning in his lifetime and reaching into the present, in an attempt to place the composer in the proper historical context. The text is supplemented by many pictures and voluminous notes adding further quotes and listing sources and bibliographies. Musgrave discusses Brahms's growing up, his early training and later self-education, the development of his artistic and compositional aesthetic. "The Mature Compositional Outlook" chapter, which includes ideas
REVIEW :
I really liked the way the author organized it because it follows the immigrant women from the old country to America and very nicely describes their transition into Americans and the struggles they faced while doing this. This book is very clear, very thorough, well-illustrated and very well organized. The stories are brilliantly written and this is not an exception. But I think the author should take more credit and responsibility for the teachings. Orientals are indolent and subject to despotism. This is just a short story but it was great all the same. Some of the general discussion is just too vague for me, but that could just be me. The content is dangerous enough to require parental discretion - which I advise.
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