Although the music of Brahms is central to the lives of classical performers and listeners, few know how Brahms and his contemporaries performed his music. This study brings most of the available evidence into a single volume, along with commentary by leading Brahms experts. Most importantly, the book contains an unique CD of historic recordings--including an actual performance by Brahms--which provides tangible insight and a greater appreciation of the composer.
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The music of Brahms is central to the lives of classical performers and listeners, but few of them know how Brahms and his contemporaries performed his music, much less have access to evidence revealing this. Performing Brahms brings most of the available evidence into a single volume, along with discussion and commentary by leading Brahms experts. Most importantly, he book also contains a unique CD of historic recordings--including a performance by Brahms himself-- which will provide tangible new insights and a greater appreciation of the composer.
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- Brahms: The Four Symphonies by Professor Walter Frisch on 9 pages
- Violin Concerto (Penguin music scores) by Felix Mendelssohn on 8 pages
- Brahms: A German Requiem (Cambridge Music Handbooks) by Michael Musgrave on 7 pages
- Johannes Brahms: Life and Letters by Johannes Brahms on 7 pages
- The Cambridge Companion to Brahms (Cambridge Companions to Music) by Michael Musgrave on 5 pages
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- Playing with History: The Historical Approach to Musical Performance (Musical Performance and Reception) by John Butt in Front Matter
- Eight Centuries of Troubadours and Trouvères: The Changing Identity of Medieval Music (Musical Performance and Reception) by John Haines in Front Matter
- The Modern Invention of Medieval Music: Scholarship, Ideology, Performance (Musical Performance and Reception) by Daniel Leech-Wilkinson in Front Matter
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