Brahms as Wordsmith

Brahms’s epistolary cunning is seen in his reply to a letter of 5 Jan. 1885 from his deeply musical friend Elisabeth von Herzogenberg written after a Leipzig performance of Bruckner’s Symphony no.7. Elisabeth had forcefully asked Brahms his judgment of Bruckner’s music. The audience had been enthra...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ronald Knox
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Università degli Studi di Torino 2017-01-01
Series:Gli Spazi della Musica
Online Access:https://www.ojs.unito.it/index.php/spazidellamusica/article/view/2023