Berry, Paul - Brahms Among Friends

Brahms Among Friends identifies patterns of listening, performance, and composition among friends of Johannes Brahms and explores how those patterns informed the creation and reception of his music in intimate genres.

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CONTENTS

Introduction: Historiographies of Allusion
Part I: Occasional Lullabies
Chapter 1: Old Melodies, New Identities
Chapter 2: Lessons in Politics and Innuendo
Part II: Themes and Variations
Chapter 3: Emulation as Empathy
Chapter 4: Consequences of Criticism
Part III: Clara at the Keyboard
Chapter 5: Family Resemblances
Chapter 6: Shared Nostalgia
Chapter 7: Grief and Transformation
Part IV: Rhetorics of Closure
Chapter 8: Forests of the Heart
Chapter 9: Counterpoint and Catharsis
Chapter 10: Concealment as Self-Restraint
Bibliography

Series	AMS Studies in Music