Expressive Intersections in Brahms: Essays in Analysis and Meaning
Expressive Intersections in Brahms: Essays in Analysis and Meaning (Musical Meaning and Interpretation) by Heather Platt, Peter H. Smith
English | July 18, 2012 | ISBN: 0253357055 | 316 pages | PDF | 11 Mb
English | July 18, 2012 | ISBN: 0253357055 | 316 pages | PDF | 11 Mb
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.