Though central to our concert and recording repertory, and crucial
to the history of the symphony, the four symphonies of Johannes
Brahms have proved surprisingly resistant to critical analysis. In
this brief, elegant book, a premier musicologist conducts us
through the Second Symphony to show us what is unique and
remarkable about this particular work and what it reveals about the
composer and his time.
Reinhold Brinkmann guides us through the symphony movement by
movement, examining musical ideas in all their compositional facets
and placing them in the context of major trends in the intellectual
history of late nineteenth-century Europe. He delineates
connections between this symphony and the composer's other works
and traces its relation to the music of Brahms's predecessors,
particularly Beethoven. The product of a long and deep engagement
with the music of Brahms, "Late Idyll" captures the spirit of the
composer, probes the impulses behind his revisions of the original
manuscript, and explores the meaning of the disparity between the
first two movements of the symphony and the last. The result is a
penetrating reading of a perplexing and important composition,
clearly placed within its biographical, historical, and artistic
context. It will engage and enlighten students and concertgoers
alike.
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