Expressive Intersections in Brahms : Essays in Analysis and Meaning

Contributors to this exciting new volume examine the intersection of structure and meaning in Brahms's music, utilizing a wide range of approaches, from the theories of Schenker to the most recent analytical techniques.

They combine various viewpoints with the semiotic-based approaches of Robert Hatten, and address many of the most important genres in which Brahms composed.

The essays reveal the expressive power of a work through the comparison of specific passages in one piece to similar works and through other artistic realms such as literature and painting.

The result of this intertextual re-framing is a new awareness of the meaningfulness of even Brahms's most "absolute" works.