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Article: SIX Allusive Irony in Brahms's Fourth Symphony.
- Article from:
- Brahms Studies
- Article date:
- January 1, 1998
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Brahms's last symphony was written during the summer months of 1884 and 1885 in Murzzuschlag. The composer announced the work independently to two of his closest correspondents, characterizing it in both cases by means of the same metaphor. To Elisabeth von Herzogenberg he wrote on 29 August 1885: "May I perhaps send you a piece of a piece of mine, and would you have time to take a look at it, and say a word about it? In general my pieces are unfortunately more agreeable than I am, and one finds less in them to correct?! But in these parts the cherries do not become sweet and edible -- so if the thing doesn't taste good to you, don't bother yourself about it. I am not ...
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... ... consideration of "the implications of Brahms's thematic choices" (p ... Bozarth), and modal shifts in Brahms's Lieder inform the variation ... 2 concludes by considering Brahms's variation finales, including short segments on the Fourth Symphony and Clarinet Quintet (this ...
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