Brahms: The Four Symphonies
- ISBN-10
- 0300099657
- ISBN-13
- 9780300099652
- Series
- Brahms
- Category
- Music
- Pages
- 226
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003-01-01
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Author
- Walter Frisch
Description
In this title, Walter Frisch provides a sensitive, analytical commentary on Braham's four symphonies as well as a consideration of their place within his oeuvre, within the symphonic repertory of his day, and within the broader musical culture of 19th-century Germany and Austria.
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- 2008-10-30
- 224 pages
- Paperback
- Cambridge University Press
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