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BRAHMS The Classical Protagonist

Grappling with

An informance by

The Saint Michael Trio and friends

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IfindBrahms’musicisturgidandgraceless.IgorStravinsky

IplaythroughBrahms’musiceveryfewyearstoremindmyselfhowbaditis—andusuallyfinditwasworsethanIremembered.BenjaminBri3en

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IplayedoverthemusicofthatscoundrelBrahms.Suchagi>less[rascal]!Itannoysmethatthisself-iniCatedmediocrityishailedasagenius.PyotrTchaikovsky

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Brahmsisthecomposerparexcellencewho,freefromanyprovincialismornaConaldialect,writesforthewholeworldandforallCme.Heisagiant,lo>yandunapproachable.EdwardElgar

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TheThreeB’s

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THREEWAYSTOTHINKABOUTTHIS

1.There’snoaccounCngfortaste.

2.Brahmsasapessimist.

3.Brahmsasacomplexpersonwhohadalottosay(andexpress).

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JohannesBrahms1833-1897

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Hamburg

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Hamburgshipyards

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Hamburgdocks

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JohannesBrahms1833-1897

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Dusseldorf,1870

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TheSchumannresidence,Dusseldorf

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RobertSchumann ClaraWieckSchumann

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JohannesBrahms1833-1897

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BRAHMS’OUTPUT4symphonies4symphonicvariaCons4concertos1requiem3stringquartets2stringquintets2stringsextets3pianoquartets1pianoquintet4pianotrios3violinsonatas2cellosonatas2clarinetsonatas1clarinetquintet,1clarinettrio1horntrioPianosonatas,ballades,rhapsodies,intermezziChoralepreludesfororgan200songsforvoice(lieder)

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ThelastphotoVienna,1897

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Brahms,shortlyaHerhisdeathVienna,1897

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Brahms’GraveVienna

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JohannesBrahms1833-1897

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ClaraWieckSchumann1819-1896

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THEMUSICROOMSchumannresidenceDusseldorf

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Yourle\ersarelikekisses.IwishIcouldwritetoyouastenderlyasIloveyou.YouareinfinitelydearertomethanIcansay.IfthingsgoonastheyareIshallhavesomeCmetosetyouunderglassorhaveyousetingold.

Brahms,toClaraSchumann1856

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Thesonataform

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FirstTheme

SecondTheme

Development

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Coda

THESONATAFORM

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Withoutcra>smanship,inspiraConisamerereedshakeninthewind.JohannesBrahms1833-1897

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MusicalarcheologyprojectatStanfordDe-noisingtheEdisoncylindersh\ps://ccrma.stanford.edu/~brg/brahms2.html

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Itisnothardtocompose.Whatisfabulouslydifficultistoleavethesuperfluousnotesunderthetable.

JohannesBrahms1833-1897

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