Allusion as Narrative Premise in Brahms's Instrumental Music

More about the book

The notion of allusion as narrative premise in Brahms's instrumental music -- Lovelorn lamentation, or histrionic historicism?: re-examining allusion and extramusical -- Meaning in the B-major piano trio, op. 8 -- Musical memory and the D-major serenade, op. 11 -- An historical model, an emerging soloist, a young composer in turmoil: the piano -- Concerto in D minor, op. 15 -- A later example: tragic antiquarianism in Brahms's fourth symphony