Lateness and Brahms: Music and Culture in the Twilight of Viennese Liberalism (AMS Studies in Music)

Lateness and Brahms takes up the fascinating, yet understudied problem of how Brahms fits into the culture of turn-of-the-century Vienna. Brahms's conspicuous and puzzling absence in previous scholarly accounts of the time and place raises important questions, and as Margaret Notley demonstrates, the tendency to view him in neutralized, ahistorical terms has made his music seem far less interesting than it truly is. In pursuit of an historical Brahms, Notley focuses on the later chamber music, drawing on various documents and perspectives, but with particular emphasis on the relevance of Western Marxist critical traditions. Lateness And Brahms Takes Up The Understudied Problem Of How Brahms Fits Into The Culture Of Turn-of-the-century Vienna. Brahms's Conspicuous And Puzzling Absence In Previous Scholarly Accounts Of The Time And Place Raises Important Questions, And As Margaret Notley Demonstrates, The Tendency To View Him In Neutralized, Ahistorical Terms Has Made His Music Seem Far Less Interesting Than It Truly Is.--jacket. Introduction : Lateness And Brahms -- Brahms As Liberal, Bruckner As Other -- Brahms And The Problem Of Late Style -- Themes And First Movements : Questions Of Lateness And Individualism -- Music Pedagogy, Musicology, And Brahms's Collection Of Octaves And Fifths : Historical Decline, Personal Renewal -- Volksconcerte And Concepts Of Genre In Brahms's Vienna -- Adagios In Brahms's Late Chamber Music : Genre Aesthetics And Cultural Critique -- Epilogue : The Twilight Of Liberalism. Margaret Notley. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 223-237) And Index. CONTENTS......Page 8 INTRODUCTION: Lateness and Brahms......Page 12 CHAPTER 1 Brahms as Liberal, Bruckner as Other......Page 24 CHAPTER 2 Brahms and the Problem of Late Style......Page 45 CHAPTER 3 Themes and First Movements: Questions of Lateness and Individualism......Page 81 CHAPTER 4 Music Pedagogy, Musicology, and Brahms’s Collection of Octaves and Fifths: Historical Decline, Personal Renewal......Page 116 CHAPTER 5 Volksconcerte and Concepts of Genre in Brahms’s Vienna......Page 153 CHAPTER 6 Adagios in Brahms’s Late Chamber Music: Genre Aesthetics and Cultural Critique......Page 178 EPILOGUE: The Twilight of Liberalism......Page 213 APPENDIX: Brahms’s Multimovement Works: Dates of Completion and Tempo Designations for the Slow Movements......Page 230 Bibliography......Page 232 B......Page 248 J......Page 251 M......Page 252 S......Page 253 Z......Page 254 Takes up the problem of how Brahms fits into the culture of turn-of-the-century Vienna. This book examines the stylistic and a historical category of 'lateness' as it relates to the nineteenth century Viennese composer. It also looks at Brahms' place in narratives of lateness in both music and social history