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Brahms's a German Requiem
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Brahms's "A German Requiem" systematically documents, for the first time, the early performance history and critical reception of this masterful work. A German Requiem was effortlessly incorporated into traditional Christian observances, and reviews of these performances and other appraisals by respected critics and scholars consistently deemed that the work possessed not only a Christian perspective, but a specifically Protestant one.
A discussion of the musical traditions used by Brahms demonstrates how the work is imbued with the language of Lutheran church music through references to chorales and through allusions to preceding masterworks by Schütz, Bach, Mendelssohn, and others.
Lott also offers an insightful exegesis of the Bible verses that Brahms selected. Altogether, this richly detailed study leads to a thorough reappraisal of Brahms's masterpiece.
R. ALLEN LOTT is Professor of Music History in the School of Church Music and Worship at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth.
Product details
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
512
Release Date:
2020-05-15
Publication Date:
2020-05-15
Publisher:
University of Rochester Press
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
1580469868
ISBN13:
9781580469869
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
Weight:
885 g
Height:
157 cm
Width:
235 cm
Thickness:
32 cm
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