Expressive Intersections in Brahms: Essays in Analysis and Meaning

Author/Contributor(s):	Platt, Heather ; Smith, Peter H
Publisher:	Indiana University Press
Date:	07/18/2012
Binding:	Hardcover
Condition:	NEW

Contributors to this exciting new volume examine the intersection of structure and meaning in Brahms's music, utilizing a wide range of approaches, from the theories of Schenker to the most recent analytical techniques. They combine various viewpoints with the semiotic-based approaches of Robert Hatten, and address many of the most important genres in which Brahms composed. The essays reveal the expressive power of a work through the comparison of specific passages in one piece to similar works and through other artistic realms such as literature and painting. The result of this intertextual re-framing is a new awareness of the meaningfulness of even Brahms's most absolute works.