{"product_id":"rethinking-brahms-9780197541739","title":"Rethinking Brahms","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Nicole Grimes | Reuben Phillips\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: History \u0026amp; Criticism - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs one of the most significant and widely performed composers of the nineteenth century, Brahms continues to command our attention. \u003cem\u003eRethinking Brahms\u003c\/em\u003e counterbalances prevailing scholarly assumptions that position him as a conservative composer (whether musically or politically) with a wide-ranging exploration and re-evaluation of his significance today. Drawing on German- and English-language scholarship, it deploys original approaches to his music and pursues innovative methodologies to interrogate the historical, cultural, and artistic contexts of his creativity. Empowered by recent theoretical work on form and tonality, it offers fresh analytical insights into his music, including a number of corpus studies that interrogate the relationships between Brahms and other composers, past and present. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book brings into sharp focus the productive tension that exists between the perceived fixedness of musical texts and the ephemerality of performance by considering how historical and modern performers shape established understandings of Brahms and his music. \u003cem\u003eRethinking Brahms\u003c\/em\u003e invites the reader to hear familiar pieces anew as they are refracted through historical, artistic, and philosophical prisms. Bringing us up to the present day, it also gives sustained attention to the resounding impact of Brahms's compositions on new music by exploring works by recent composers who have engaged deeply with his oeuvre. Combining awareness of overarching contexts with perceptive insights into Brahms's music, this book enlivens our understanding of Brahms, providing a dynamic, multifaceted, complex, and invigoratingly fresh portrait of the composer.","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47779622813847,"sku":"9780197541739","price":19563.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780197541739.webp?v=1778037918","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/rethinking-brahms-9780197541739","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}