Brahms Patriotic and Political

Offers a historical context in which to understand how Brahms's three most intensely political and nationalistic works interact with questions of German patriotism, liberalism and nationalism.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
List of Tables
List of Figures
List of Musical Examples
Note on Nomenclature, Place Names, and Orthography
Introduction
1. Prologue: A Young Man's Political Formation

Part 1 Fünf Lieder für Männerchor, op. 41
2. Liedertafel and Liberal Nationalism
3. Soldiers' Songs and the German Question
Excursus 1 From the German War to A German Requiem

Part 2 Triumphlied, op. 55
4. "A Song to Paris"
5. Sounding the Nation
Excursus 2 National Holidays, Monuments, and Celebrations

Part 3 Fest- und Gedenksprüche, op. 109
6. "Words quite lovely and for us Germans uplifting"
7. The Stuff of Tragedy?
8. Revanche and Response
9. Epilogue: An Old Man's Political Disillusionment

Appendix
Bibliography
Index

About the author

David Brodbeck

Summary

Offers a historical context in which to understand how Brahms's three most intensely political and nationalistic works interact with questions of German patriotism, liberalism and nationalism.

Product details

• Authors: David Brodbeck, Dr David (Customer) Brodbeck
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.06.2025
• EAN: 9781648251078
• ISBN: 978-1-64825-107-8
• No. of pages: 306
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 581 g
• Series: Eastman Studies in Music
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Music > Monographs