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Zusatztext Strongly recommended... Informationen zum Autor Paul Berry is Assistant Professor (Adjunct) of Music History at the Yale School of Music. A historian of chamber music and song in 19th-century Germany and Austria, he received his BA and Ph.D. from Yale University and has served on the faculty of the University of North Texas College of Music. He is also active as a tenor, specializing in early music, German Lieder, and new music. Klappentext Brahms Among Friends identifies patterns of listening, performance, and composition among friends of Johannes Brahms and explores how those patterns informed the creation and reception of his music in intimate genres. Zusammenfassung Brahms Among Friends identifies patterns of listening, performance, and composition among friends of Johannes Brahms and explores how those patterns informed the creation and reception of his music in intimate genres. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Historiographies of Allusion Part I: Occasional Lullabies Chapter 1: Old Melodies, New Identities Chapter 2: Lessons in Politics and Innuendo Part II: Themes and Variations Chapter 3: Emulation as Empathy Chapter 4: Consequences of Criticism Part III: Clara at the Keyboard Chapter 5: Family Resemblances Chapter 6: Shared Nostalgia Chapter 7: Grief and Transformation Part IV: Rhetorics of Closure Chapter 8: Forests of the Heart Chapter 9: Counterpoint and Catharsis Chapter 10: Concealment as Self-Restraint Bibliography
