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BRAHMS The Classical Protagonist
Grappling with
An informance by
The Saint Michael Trio and friends
IfindBrahms’musicisturgidandgraceless.IgorStravinsky
IplaythroughBrahms’musiceveryfewyearstoremindmyselfhowbaditis—andusuallyfinditwasworsethanIremembered.BenjaminBri3en
IplayedoverthemusicofthatscoundrelBrahms.Suchagi>less[rascal]!Itannoysmethatthisself-iniCatedmediocrityishailedasagenius.PyotrTchaikovsky
Brahmsisthecomposerparexcellencewho,freefromanyprovincialismornaConaldialect,writesforthewholeworldandforallCme.Heisagiant,lo>yandunapproachable.EdwardElgar
TheThreeB’s
THREEWAYSTOTHINKABOUTTHIS
1.There’snoaccounCngfortaste.
2.Brahmsasapessimist.
3.Brahmsasacomplexpersonwhohadalottosay(andexpress).
JohannesBrahms1833-1897
Hamburg
Hamburgshipyards
Hamburgdocks
JohannesBrahms1833-1897
Dusseldorf,1870
TheSchumannresidence,Dusseldorf
RobertSchumann ClaraWieckSchumann
JohannesBrahms1833-1897
BRAHMS’OUTPUT4symphonies4symphonicvariaCons4concertos1requiem3stringquartets2stringquintets2stringsextets3pianoquartets1pianoquintet4pianotrios3violinsonatas2cellosonatas2clarinetsonatas1clarinetquintet,1clarinettrio1horntrioPianosonatas,ballades,rhapsodies,intermezziChoralepreludesfororgan200songsforvoice(lieder)
ThelastphotoVienna,1897
Brahms,shortlyaHerhisdeathVienna,1897
Brahms’GraveVienna
JohannesBrahms1833-1897
ClaraWieckSchumann1819-1896
THEMUSICROOMSchumannresidenceDusseldorf
Yourle\ersarelikekisses.IwishIcouldwritetoyouastenderlyasIloveyou.YouareinfinitelydearertomethanIcansay.IfthingsgoonastheyareIshallhavesomeCmetosetyouunderglassorhaveyousetingold.
Brahms,toClaraSchumann1856
Thesonataform
FirstTheme
SecondTheme
Development
RecapitulaCon
Coda
THESONATAFORM
Withoutcra>smanship,inspiraConisamerereedshakeninthewind.JohannesBrahms1833-1897
MusicalarcheologyprojectatStanfordDe-noisingtheEdisoncylindersh\ps://ccrma.stanford.edu/~brg/brahms2.html
Itisnothardtocompose.Whatisfabulouslydifficultistoleavethesuperfluousnotesunderthetable.
JohannesBrahms1833-1897