Brahms - Clarinet Quintet

Klappentext An examination of Brahms' Clarinet Quintet! widely regarded as his supreme achievement in the field of chamber music. Zusammenfassung Widely regarded as Brahms' supreme achievement in the field of chamber music! the Clarinet Quintet is here placed in the context of the history of the clarinet and its repertory! and of Brahms' own compositions before 1891. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; Preface; 1. The nineteenth-century clarinet and its music; 2. Brahms and the orchestral clarinet; 3. Brahms's chamber music before 1891; 4. The genesis and reception of the clarinet quintet; 5. Design and structure; 6. Performance practice; 7. The legacy of Brahms's clarinet music; Appendix; Select bibliography; Notes; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Colin Lawson
• Assisted by: Julian Rushton (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.01.1998
• EAN: 9780521581936
• ISBN: 978-0-521-58193-6
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 225 mm x 10 mm
• Series: Cambridge Music Handbooks
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Music > Miscellaneous