Brahms's Violin Sonatas: Style, Structure, Performance

Brahms's Violin Sonatas explores key passages of the composer's sonata scores and reveals, in clear and accessible language, the historical and musical nuances behind their composition.

CONTENIDO:

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Brahms, Musical Scores, Musical Expression,
Musical Meaning
A Note about the Organization of This Book

I. BRAHMS'S NOTES

1. It Sounds like Brahms
Classicism and Romanticism in Brahms's Music
Looking Backward and Forward: The Second Theme of the First Movement in Brahms's A-major Violín Sonata
Brahms's Scores and Performance Styles

2. Shaping Brahmsian Themes
I. The Opening of the A-major Sonata
II. The G-major Sonata Begins
III. An Opening Theme's Potential: The Fínale of the A-major Sonata
IV. Building a Texture: The Opening of the D-minor Sonata
V. Varied Returns: Two Further Instances

II. BRAHMS'S MUSICAL NARRATIVES

3. First-Movement Sonata Forms
I. The Vivace ma non troppo of the G-major Sonata
II. The Allegro amabile of the A-major Sonata
III. The Allegro of the D-minor Sonata

4. The Middle Movements
I. The Adagio of the G-major Sonata
II. The Andante tranquillo and Vivace of the A-major Sonata
III. The Adagio of the D-minor Sonata
IV. The Un poco presto e con sentimento of the D-minor Sonata

5. The Finales
I. The Allegro moho moderato of the G-major Sonata
II. The Allegrettograziaso (quasi andante) of the A-major Sonata
III. The Presto agitato of the D-minor Sonata

6. Brahms and the violin
The Early Violin sonatas
Te Scherzo from the "F-A-E" Sonata: A Glimpse of brahms's Early Violin-Sonata Style
The Sonatensatz and the Later Violin Sonatas

Works Cited
Index