The Music of Brahms

by Michael Musgrave

Book Overview

Michael Musgrave presents a contemporary view of Brahms 150 years after his birth, seeing him not simply as the "conservative" figure so often stressed in the past, but as one who creatively reinterpreted a wider range of historical elements than any composer of his time. Brahms absorbed his studies directly into his music making and composition and in so doing helped to evolve not merely a personal language which was regarded as progressive and sometimes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198164017
• ISBN13: 9780198164012
• Release Date: April 1994
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.1"