Brahms: Symphony No. 1
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 by David Lee Brodbeck, published by Cambridge University Press on January 23, 1997, offers an in-depth exploration of this significant work in the symphonic repertoire. Spanning 115 pages, this edition presents a critical analysis of Brahms’s First Symphony, often referred to as Beethoven’s Tenth, while examining its controversial status and its place within the Beethovenian tradition.
In this book, Brodbeck delves into the complex background and lengthy genesis of the symphony, providing a movement-by-movement critical reading. He highlights the intricate web of extra-compositional allusions present in the music, drawing connections to the works of composers such as J. S. Bach, Beethoven, Schubert, and Robert Schumann. This examination not only sheds light on the early reception history of the symphony but also invites readers to consider the deeper meanings embedded within Brahms’s composition.
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Brahms’s First Symphony has been hailed as Beethoven’s Tenth. Its controversial status and relationship in the Beethovenian tradition is considered alongside other important issues in the early reception history of this key work in the symphonic repertory. David Brodbeck begins with an account of the lengthy genesis and complicated background to the writing of the symphony, before providing a thorough critical reading of the work, movement by movement. In particular, Professor Brodbeck reveals a dense web of extra-compositional allusions–references in the music to works by J. S. Bach, Beethoven, Schubert, and Robert Schumann–in which, the author argues, much meaning resides.
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