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Johannes Brahms

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Romanzen Aus Magelone: Characteristics Of Style, Benjamin Fredrick Hammack Jan 1972

Romanzen Aus Magelone: Characteristics Of Style, Benjamin Fredrick Hammack

All Master's Theses

Brahms' Romanzen aus Magelone serves as an excellent model for the German lied. Although other musical elements are important, Brahms never sacrifices his melodic lines, which progress diatonically in a wide range. Complex rhythms, with such devices as hemiola and holding over the measure line, are frequent. Although some songs are ternary or strophic, a free-sectional form is generally employed. The textures vary; one song may be both homophonic and polyphonic. A complex piano accompaniment always enhances the text and requires an accomplished pianist.


Brahms' Variations And Fugue On A Theme By Handel, Op. 24: A Study Of The Technique Of Harmonic Variation, Richard C. Grant Aug 1970

Brahms' Variations And Fugue On A Theme By Handel, Op. 24: A Study Of The Technique Of Harmonic Variation, Richard C. Grant

All Master's Theses

It is the purpose of this study to isolate as much as possible a single technique, harmonic variation, and explore its techniques and uses through the study of a complete set of variations. The study is limited to harmonic concepts, procedures, and techniques used by the composer in the development of this particular set.