MUS 048 Chapter Notes - Chapter 19: Johannes Brahms, Clara Schumann, Character Piece
14 Nov 2017
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Born in dour industrial port city of hamburg, johannes brahms gravitated to vienna. Brahms rejected many innovations of early romantics and went back to classical genres, forms, and style. Brahms devoted major effort to traditional genres such as string quartets and other chamber music works, symphonies, and concertos. Found new life in classical forms - sonata, theme and variations, and rondo. Typical romantic genre cultivated was miniature - lied and character piece for piano; never contemplated grandiose works such as philosophical symphonies or mythological operas. Made no special effect to pioneer new harmonies or tone colors. Couldn"t find himself to copy or continue enthusiastic, open-ended striving early. In late 19th-century, type of response no longer true, brahms recognized it. Nobility and power of beethoven inspired him with model. Brahms"s effort was heroic one: temper the new richness and variety of romantic emotion with traditional strength and poise of classicism.
