Performing Practice in Brahms Chamber Music: Reference

Paperback booklet.Bärenreiter s pioneering scholarly-critical editions of Brahms works for one instrument and piano (BA 9429 BA 9430 BA 9431 BA 9432 BA 9433 BA 10911 BA 10908 BA 10907 BA 10906) are edited by a team of musicologists who are also performers. They offer today s musicians not just a reliable musical text based on all known sources but also a comprehensive approach to the works which aims to place them in their historical context and to elucidate the complex of meanings that the composer wished his notation to convey to performers.An integral part of Bärenreiter s Brahms publication complex is this text booklet which approachesgeneral performance practice issues of the 19th century with regard to e.g. tempo rubato rhythmic flexibility and articulation. Furthermore musicians will find valuable information concerning vibrato portamento and bowing. Last but not least characteristics of Brahms own piano playing as well as that of his circle and contemporaries are discussed.