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Rehearing Brahms’s Late Intermezzi
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Abstract
This chapter takes Brahms’s use of the title “intermezzo,” and its connotations of “in-betweenness,” as a starting point for hermeneutic inquiry. A series of close readings of passages from Op. 118, No. 1 and No. 6, and Op. 119, No. 1, explore harmonic, rhythmic, and formal procedures that invite the listener to engage in reflection before and after each rehearing. This process allows each intermezzo to be flanked by the listener’s own contemplative and analytical work. Brahms’s late intermezzi might thus be heard as enacting a cycle of rehearing and reflection, generated by means of enigmatic passages that support multiple interpretations. The ambiguity seems to create a regenerative temporality of rehearing insofar as the late intermezzi have the potential to be imagined anew in ever-changing ways.
Title: Rehearing Brahms’s Late Intermezzi
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Abstract
This chapter takes Brahms’s use of the title “intermezzo,” and its connotations of “in-betweenness,” as a starting point for hermeneutic inquiry.
A series of close readings of passages from Op.
118, No.
1 and No.
6, and Op.
119, No.
1, explore harmonic, rhythmic, and formal procedures that invite the listener to engage in reflection before and after each rehearing.
This process allows each intermezzo to be flanked by the listener’s own contemplative and analytical work.
Brahms’s late intermezzi might thus be heard as enacting a cycle of rehearing and reflection, generated by means of enigmatic passages that support multiple interpretations.
The ambiguity seems to create a regenerative temporality of rehearing insofar as the late intermezzi have the potential to be imagined anew in ever-changing ways.
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