Brahms - Symphony No. 1

An examination of the genesis, background and extra-compositional allusions of this controversial work.

List of contents

1. Frustrated efforts; 2. Completion, first performances, and publication; 3. Structure and meaning in the first movement; 4. The middle movements; 5. Structure and meaning in the last movement; 6. Early reception.

Summary

In this 1997 book, David Brodbeck examines the controversial status and relationship in the Beethoven tradition of this work. He begins with an account of the genesis and complicated background to the writing of the symphony, before providing a critical reading of the work.

Product details

• Authors: David Brodbeck, David Lee Brodbeck, David Lee (University of Pittsburgh) Brodbeck, Brodbeck David Lee
• Assisted by: Julian Rushton (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.10.2012
• EAN: 9780521479592
• ISBN: 978-0-521-47959-2
• No. of pages: 126
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 7 mm
• Weight: 169 g
• Series: Cambridge Music Handbooks; Cambridge Music Handbooks
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Music > Miscellaneous