Alto Rhapsody, Song of Destiny, N?nie and Song of the Fates in Full Score

by Johannes Brahms and Opera and Choral Scores

Brahms's deeply moving Alto Rhapsody is one of the glories of the choral repertoire. Though it was written as a wedding song for the daughter of his friend Clara Schumann, the work clearly seems a deeply personal one for Brahms. Perhaps, as some have suggested, a melancholy reflection on his own solitary life. This great concert favorite is based on portions of the text of Goethe's Harzreise im Winter (Winter Journey in the Harz Mountains),...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486285286
• ISBN13: 9780486285283
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 9.4" x 12.2"