Brahms: Clarinet QuintetCambridge University Press, 08.01.1998 - 118 Seiten On its first appearance in 1891, Brahms' Clarinet Quintet was immediately recognised as a remarkable achievement, and a century later it still has the power to claim the hearts and minds of players and audiences alike. Widely regarded as Brahms' supreme achievement in the field of chamber music, the Clarinet Quintet is here placed in the context of the history of the clarinet and its repertory, and of Brahms' own compositions before 1891. The influence of the Meiningen clarinet virtuoso Richard Mühlfeld unleashed a new vein of creativity in Brahms, and this forms a basis for discussion, together with questions of performance practice (in relation to both clarinet and string quartet) and the legacy of Brahms' clarinet music. These chapters are complemented by a comprehensive analysis of the music. |
Inhalt
The nineteenthcentury clarinet and its music | 1 |
The age of virtuosity | 3 |
Clarinet chamber music after 1850 | 6 |
The development of the clarinet | 9 |
Muhlfelds BaermannOttensteiner clarinets | 11 |
Brahms and the orchestral clarinet | 13 |
The character of the orchestral clarinet | 14 |
The German tradition of wind writing | 15 |
Design and structure | 47 |
Allegro | 49 |
Adagio | 54 |
Andantino Presto non assai ma con sentimento | 59 |
Con moto | 62 |
Performance practice | 66 |
Muhlfelds clarinet playing | 68 |
The string quartet | 71 |
early works | 16 |
Mature orchestral writing | 18 |
Brahmss chamber music before 1891 | 21 |
Formal procedures | 22 |
Chamber music with wind | 23 |
String chamber music | 25 |
The String Quintet Op 111 | 27 |
The genesis and reception of the Clarinet Quintet | 31 |
Richard Muhlfeld | 32 |
The Clarinet Trio Op 114 | 34 |
Clarinet Quintet reception 18914 | 36 |
Brahmss Clarinet Sonatas Op 120 | 40 |
Muhlfelds final decade | 42 |
The Brahms Quintet after Muhlfeld | 44 |
Tempo flexibility articulation and nuance | 74 |
Later interpretations | 78 |
The legacy of Brahmss clarinet music | 81 |
Max Reger | 82 |
Robert Fuchs and his contemporaries | 83 |
The clarinet quintet in England | 85 |
A list of Brahmss chamber music | 88 |
A review of the first London performance The Times 29 March 1892 | 89 |
The mechanism of Muhlfelds BaermannOttensteiner clarinets | 91 |
Notes | 93 |
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