Description
A unique insight into the relationship between Brahms's music and his philosophical and literary context from a modernist perspective.
About the Author
Nicole Grimes is Assistant Professor of Music at the University of California, Irvine. She serves on the Editorial Board of Music Analysis and is a member of the Board of Directors of the American Brahms Society. Previous works include Mendelssohn Perspectives (2012) and Rethinking Hanslick: Music, Formalism, and Expression (2013).
Reviews
Advance praise: 'Deftly weaving musical commentary into an elegant exploration of the broader cultural fabric of late nineteenth-century Germany, Grimes demonstrates how some of Brahms's greatest but least understood vocal compositions intersected with the intellectual, literary, and philosophical currents of his time. This compelling study represents contextual musicology at its best.' Walter Frisch, Columbia University
'In Brahms's Elegies: The Poetics of Loss in Nineteenth-Century German Culture, a bold and imaginative book, Nicole Grimes takes the idea of Brahms's obsession with mortality and probes it from new and, at times, unexpected angles. The volume reveals an author who reads unusually widely and who uses her learning to challenge well-established interpretations ... Brahms's Elegies is built on strong foundations, and one comes away from it educated, challenged and, , Martin Ennis, Musicological Austriaca
'a disciplined and imaginative piece of scholarship which thematically draws together a selection of Brahms's elegiac works using an interdisciplinary analytical framework. Grimes investigates the deep relationship between the musical works and their contemporaneous worlds in literature, visual art, and philosophy. This book examines a relatively unknown collection of works within Brahms's catalogue, both from musical/analytical and literary perspectives. The focus and breadth are notable in this regard, and the author's examination of Brahms's own literary proclivities and knowledge are particularly significant.' Society for Musicology in Ireland
Book Information
ISBN 9781108464765
Author Nicole Grimes
Format Paperback
Page Count 293
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 530g
Dimensions(mm) 244mm * 169mm * 16mm