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Late Idyll

The Second Symphony of Johannes Brahms

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$52.00 • £45.95 • €47.95

ISBN 9780674511767

Publication Date: 09/15/1997

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256 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

35 musical examples

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  • Preface
  • Abbreviations
  • Genesis and Historical Place
    • Contemporaries
    • Documents
    • Commentaries
  • Analysis
    • Theme
    • First Movement
    • Melancholy
    • The Middle Movements
    • Second Movement
    • Third Movement
    • Fourth Movement
  • In Conclusion: Idyll, Melancholy, and Monumental Form
    • Idyll
    • Strategies
    • Brahms’s Second Again
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Names and Musical Works

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