Brahms and the German Spirit / Daniel Beller-McKenna.
2004
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Title
Brahms and the German Spirit / Daniel Beller-McKenna.
ISBN
9780674269262
Published
Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2004]
Copyright
©2004
Language
English
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In English.
Description
1 online resource (258 p.)
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10.4159/9780674269262 doi
Dewey Decimal Classification
780/.92
Summary
The music of Johannes Brahms is deeply colored, Daniel Beller-McKenna shows, by nineteenth-century German nationalism and by Lutheran religion. Focusing on the composer's choral works, the author offers new insight on the cultural grounding for Brahms's music. Music historians have been reluctant to address Brahms's Germanness, wary perhaps of fascist implications. Beller-McKenna counters this tendency; by giving an account of the intertwining of nationalism, politics, and religion that underlies major works, he restores Brahms to his place in nineteenth-century German culture. The author explores Brahms's interest in the folk element in old church music; the intense national pride expressed in works such as the Triumphlied; the ways Luther's Bible and Lutheranism are reflected in Brahms's music; and the composer's ideas about nation building. The final chapter looks at Brahms's nationalistic image as employed by the National Socialists, 1933-1945, and as witnessed earlier in the century (including the complication of rumors that Brahms was Jewish). In comparison to the overtly nationalist element in Wagner's music, the German elements in Brahms's style have been easy to overlook. This nuanced study uncovers those nationalistic elements, enriching our understanding both of Brahms's art and of German culture.
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Table of Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
Preface
1 Introduction: Brahms and the German Spirit
2 Religion, Language, and Luther's Bible
3 Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45, and the Apocalyptic Paradigm
4 The Triumphlied, Op. 55, and the Apocalyptic Moment
5 Gebet einer König: National Prayers in the Fest- und Gedenksprüche, Op. 109
6 Beyond the End
APPENDIX Longer Musical Examples
Notes
Index
Contents
Preface
1 Introduction: Brahms and the German Spirit
2 Religion, Language, and Luther's Bible
3 Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45, and the Apocalyptic Paradigm
4 The Triumphlied, Op. 55, and the Apocalyptic Moment
5 Gebet einer König: National Prayers in the Fest- und Gedenksprüche, Op. 109
6 Beyond the End
APPENDIX Longer Musical Examples
Notes
Index