Johannes Brahms, 1835-1897 [videorecording] / Academy Media ; written, produced and directed by Malcolm Hossick.

Johannes Brahms, 1835-1897 [videorecording] / Academy Media ; written, produced and directed by Malcolm Hossick.

Title on container: Johannes Brahms

076978013X
9780769780139

West Long Branch, NJ : Distributed by KULTUR International Films, c2005.

English

1 videodisc (35 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

032031183599

ML410.B8 J65 2005

780.92

1835 Kultur
D1835 Kultur

Brahms was one of the seminal music figures of the 19th century. He composed symphonies, concertos, and many songs, piano pieces, and chamber works. Opera is the only major musical medium in which he did not write. More than any other composer of the second half of the 19th century, Brahms was responsible for reviving what is termed "absolute" music. THis describes compositions which were to be accepted on their own terms as interplays of sound rather than as works that depict a scene or tell a story. Brahms was a master of composition. He often used established techniques, but with such novel and refreshing approaches that the listener first perceived the beauty and strength of the music, and only later becomes aware of the composer's technical mastery. Throughout his entire life Brahms was looked upon as the successor to Beethoven in the evolution of German Romanticism and struggled to meet these expectations.

"A concise biography and musical overview"--Container.
Music played by the Elysium Ensemble.

DVD, 4:3 full screen, NTSC, Dolby digital, Dolby 2.0, all regions.

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