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First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Preface. Part I:. 1. The Organ in the Life of Brahms. 2. Bach, Counterpoint, and Chorales. 3. Brahms as Revisor. Part II:. 4. The Early Works. 5. The Eleven Chorale Preludes. 6. Interpretation. Appendix A: Editions. Appendix B: The Organs in Brahms's World. Appendix C: Organ Transcriptions of Brahms Work. Bibliography. Discography. Index.
One of a series featuring the childhood of famous artists and composers, this book focuses on Brahms. It discusses the hardships of a rigorous musical training, parental pressure, childhood pranks and the pleasure of making music, and includes a short list of Brahms pieces which are of juvenile appeal.
In this penetrating study, Russell Stinson considers how four of the greatest composers of the nineteenth century-Felix Mendelssohn, Robert Schumann, Franz Liszt, and Johannes Brahms-responded to the model of Bach's organ music. His book represents a major step forward in the literature on the so-called Bach revival.
First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
A biography of the nineteenth-century German composer with emphasis on his childhood and early musical training.
From Chicago's Al Capone to Waco's David Koresh, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms has taken on America's most ruthless criminals and single-minded fanatics. In Very Special Agents, a longtime ATF veteran delivers the first full disclosure of the bureau's controversial exploits.
This volume provides access to literature on Brahms and his works published between 1982 and 1996.