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Auteur(s) : Dyment, Christopher
Titre(s) : Conducting the Brahms symphonies [Texte imprimé] : from Brahms to Boult / Christopher Dyment
Publication : Woodbridge : the Boydell Press, 2016
Description matérielle : xviii, 250 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
Comprend : Brahms conducts : the composer and his contemporaries. Problems and conundrums ;
Brahms conducts his symphonies ; Metronomic and sloppy? Hans Richter in Vienna and
London ; The early champions : Levi, Wüllner and Dessoff ; Joseph Joachim : 'Just
watch me' ; Hans von Bülow : 'If I'd wanted that, I would have written it in' ;
Post-Bülow conductors : encouraging words for juniors ; Brahms's contemporaries
on his conducting of the symphonies ; Facing the issues : an assembly of witnesses.
The documentary evidence : lines of authority. Alexander Berrsche : Munich's recording
angel (or Beckmesser?) ; Fritz Steinbach : 'all is perfection' ; Felix Mottl :
Wagnerian immersion and disastrous Brahms ; Arthur Nikisch : the best of both worlds
; 1859 : a vintage year : Max Fiedler, Karl Muck and a lone American ; Felix Weingartner
: 'tradition' or felicitous accident? ; Arturo Toscanini : Brahms from Italy via
Munich ; Sir Henry Wood : sometimes successful ; Willem Mengelberg, Oskar Fried
and Bruno Walter : tradition-free? ; The Mottl acolytes : Hermann Abendroth and Wilhelm
Furtwängler ; Sir Adrian Boult : always 'Steinbach for Brahms' ; Fritz Steinbach's
pupils : the Busch brothers and others ; Walter Blume : dedicated to both Steinbach
and Fritz Busch ; The critical language : whose 'rubato'? ; Interim conclusions.
Recorded evidence : traditions traced or lost. The chosen recordings : an overview
; Recording details and tabular analyses ; A pure text? ; Repeats ; Some preliminary
(and personal) observations ; Symphony no. 1 in C minor op. 68 ; Symphony no. 2
in D major op. 73 ; Symphony no. 3 in F major op. 90 ; Symphony no. 4 in E minor
op. 98.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-244) and index
Sujet(s) : Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897). [Symphonies] -- Exécution (musique)
Chefs d'orchestre -- 1870-1914
Chefs d'orchestre -- 1900-1945
Indice(s) Dewey :
781.45 (23e éd.) = Direction chorale et direction d'orchestre
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781783271009. - ISBN 1783271000
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45310703v
Notice n° :
FRBNF45310703
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