1st Edition
Johannes Brahms and Klaus Groth The Biography of a Friendship
By Peter Russell
Copyright 2006
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
Over the past twenty years musicologists and theorists have been intensely preoccupied with Brahms's compositions. The same, however, could not be said for biographical issues. The relationship between the composer Johannes Brahms and the poet Klaus Groth, both important creative forces with strong roots in the Dithmarschen region of northern Germany, was a very special one that deserves greater... Read more
Contents: Preface; Klaus Groth and Quickborn; Marriage and children; The Brahms family of Heide; First meetings; First letters; A link is severed; First songs; Meetings in Vienna; The Heimweh songs; Excursus: Groth's poetry; Widower, bachelor; 'Herminchen'; Gustav Jenner; Meetings in Thun; Late works; The last years; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Peter Russell recently retired from the School of Asian and European Languages and Cultures at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
’...Russell's valuable commentary includes analyses of Brahms's music and critical assessment of Groth's poems. Generously illustrated. Highly recommended.’ Choice
