GRMUS 644H — Brahms at Work: Learning From the Manuscripts

2 credits
Spring
Michael Musgrave

In this course students will consider Brahms’s development as a composer of symphonies, concertos, chamber, and vocal works, with special reference to his revisions and annotations of works in these genres as seen in the manuscripts and scores of the Juilliard Manuscript Collection and other sources. The compositions will be placed in context of his total output; changing performance traditions and the relation of the materials to these will be discussed. The course will provide an opportunity to examine the original documents as well as digital images.