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Zusatztext In this fascinating book, we learn about Brahms's late instrumental works through a variety of prisms Informationen zum Autor Margaret Notley, an Associate Professor of Music History at the University of North Texas, has published widely on a number of topics. Her article "Late-Nineteenth-Century Chamber Music and the Cult of the Classical Adagio" won the 2000 Alfred Einstein Award given by the American Musicological Society. Klappentext Lateness and Brahms takes up the fascinating, yet understudied problem of how Brahms fits into the culture of turn-of-the-century Vienna. Brahms's puzzling absence in previous scholarly accounts of the time and place raises important questions, and as Margaret Notley demonstrates, the tendency to view him in neutralized, ahistorical terms has made his music seem far less interesting than it truly is. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction, Lateness and Brahms Chapter 1: Brahms as Liberal, Bruckner as Other Chapter 2: Brahms and the Problem of Late Style Chapter 3: Themes and First Movements: Questions of Lateness and Individualism Chapter 4: Music Pedagogy, Musicology, and Brahm's Collection of Octaves and Fifths: Historical Decline, Personal Renewal Chapter 5: Volksconcerte and Concepts of Genre in Brahm's Vienna Chaper 6: Adagios in Brahms's Late Chamber Music: Genre Aesthetics and Cultural Critique Epilogue, The Twilight of Liberalism Appendix, Brahms's Multimovement Works: Dates of Completion and Tempo Designations for the Slow Movements Bibiography Index
