Brahms Beyond Mastery : His Sarabande and Gavotte, and Its Recompositions.

This book studies two early piano pieces by Brahms. These neo-baroque works were performed often in the mid-1850s, but Brahms later suppressed them, and re-used the musical material in the Second String Sextet, First String Quintet, and Clarinet Quintet. The author explores the history of this music.With a preface, bibliography and index. Four plates. One figure. Eight music examples.

xv, 95 p.; 25 cm.
Cloth
Language: English
ISBN: 1409465578
ISBN13: 9781409465577
UPC: 9781409465577