An unusual opportunity to hear and perform this work has been afforded at North Texas State Teachers College by the presentation of the German Requiem in the summer of 1941. Furthermore, a Brahms Festival, including another presentation of the Requiem along with outstanding compositions of Brahms in other media, is to be given during commencement week of June, 1942. Not only does this type of emphasis promote interest among students and faculty, but it also serves as a stimulus to detailed study of the German Requiem, thus intensifying the immediate importance and personal significance of the subject.

Pang, Pui Ling. / Thesis submitted in: October 2008. / Thesis (M.Mus.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 154-169). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Grasping Genre --- p.1 / Purpose and Outline of Study --- p.1 / The Concept of Genre --- p.3 / Classic View --- p.5 / Recent Views --- p.12 / Contemporary Study of Genre in Music --- p.15 / Historical Study of Genre --- p.16 / Hermeneutic Study of Genre --- p.18 / Study of the Serenade as a Musical Genre --- p.19 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- The History of Serenade to the End of the Eighteenth Century --- p.21 / The Origin of Serenade --- p.21 / Early Serenades and the Vocal Tradition --- p.26 / Emergence of Instrumental Serenades --- p.30 / Serenades and Related Genres in the Eighteenth Century --- p.34 / Mozart 's Serenades --- p.41 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- "Intellectual, Social, and Stylistic Backgrounds" --- p.48 / Contextual Changes at the Turn of the Nineteenth Century --- p.48 / Serenades in the Early Nineteenth Century --- p.55 / Chamber Serenades --- p.55 / Serenades by Leading Composers of the Period --- p.57 / Serenades in the Operas --- p.65 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Brahms's Serenades --- p.69 / Compositional Background --- p.69 / Music Analysis --- p.82 / "Serenade in D Major, op. II" --- p.83 / "Serenade in A Major, op. 16" --- p.92 / Brahms's Borrowings --- p.98 / Instrumentation and Tonal Plan --- p.100 / Early Reception --- p.103 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Serenades in the Late Nineteenth Century --- p.109 / Serenades for Orchestra --- p.110 / Volkmann and His String Serenades --- p.113 / "String Serenades of Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, Suk，and Elgar" --- p.118 / "Dvorak's Wind Serenade in D Minor, op. 44" --- p.123 / Serenade as a “Miniaturéح Symphony --- p.125 / Other Serenades --- p.130 / Single-movement Serenades for Orchestra --- p.131 / Serenades for Chamber Ensemble --- p.133 / Serenades for Solo Piano --- p.135 / Chapter Chapter 6 --- Grasping the Elusive Serenade --- p.139 / The History of the Serenade Revisited --- p.139 / Brahmśةs Role in Shaping the Serenade --- p.141 / Brahms's Invitation to Form --- p.143 / The Generic Web --- p.144 / Appendix Serenades in the Late Nineteenth Century --- p.147 / Bibliography --- p.154

In 1885, Austrian musician Richard Heuberger, recognizing the lasting importance of his friend and colleague, Johannes Brahms, began to record meticulously each of their meetings and conversations in the form of a journal. It was not until 1971, however, that the complete journal appeared in the original German language, with commentary by editor Kurt Hofmann (Erinnerunqen an Johannes Brahms, published in Tutzing, Germany, by Hans Schneider Verlag). All indiscreet and possibly harmful remarks by Brahms, which had been omitted from earlier versions, are found in this later edition with scarcely a variation from Heuberger's manuscript. This dissertation concerns information on Brahms as revealed through Heuberger's journal.The friendship between Brahms and Heuberger, which lasted until the death of the former, is a more important relationship than musicologists have previously thought. The two men spent long hours in discussing music, musicians and other contemporaries. As a man twenty-seven years Brahms's junior, Heuberger naturally sought advice in many matters, particularly regarding composition. Heuberger reveals many new insights into Brahms as a composer, performer and conductor.Brahms openly discussed many other artists, both past and present, and thanks to the care with which Heuberger recorded these comments, we have a clear picture of Brahms's inner feelings and opinions on the musical practice of his day. Brahms's regard for the genius of Richard Wagner and his ready praise of the composer's operas shed new light on the Wagner/Brahms controversy. Among the many other musicians discussed are Bach, Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, von Bulow, d'Albert, Dvofdk and Johann Strauss. Heuberger reports, for example, that Brahms was so fond of Strauss's music that he attended every possible premiere. In addition, Brahms's enthusiasm for artists such as Anselm Feuerbach and Max Klinger was also a frequent topic of conversation between Brahms and Heuberger.This dissertation explores the many avenues of research provided by an enlightening and entertaining journal, and these include Brahms's musical philosophy, his dabbling in musical politics, his personal characteristics, and his philanthropic nature. In short, this is a study of the personal Johannes Brahms as viewed by his friend and colleague, Richard Heuberger.

In this thesis, I have studied the composer Johannes Brahms. I have talked about the background and history of his Quintet in B minor for clarinet and string quartet and I have then analyzed the piece. The purpose of this thesis is to find lesser known but significant information about Brahms to help other clarinetists when they have to perform this important piece of clarinet repertoire. Moreover, my artistic questions are if one piece can change your perception or your way to play it after doing a deep analysis and if the interpretation is in a way stronger than before. I decided to analyze this piece due to my interest in Brahms and to learn more about the expressive qualities in his music. I wanted to know more about the composer and so I chose this Quintet, because it is a challenging piece to play and is often performed.  From the quintet, I concentrated specifically on the possibilities of performing it and I tried to search for a way to have a deeper understanding of Brahms to produce the most convincing artistic performance of the piece.  After I learnt more about the background of this piece it resulted in a stronger interpretation of his quintet.

I detta arbete utforskar jag kroppsspråkets betydelse för fritt och uttrycksfullt spel genom Brahms violinsonat i G-dur. Syftet är att ta reda på hur jag genom mitt kroppsspråk kan utveckla mitt musikaliska uttryck och förmågan att spela fritt samt hurdan betydelse kroppsspråket har för mitt musicerande. Kroppsspråket är en del av det musikaliska uppträdandet. Det finns olika typer av kroppsspråk t.ex. kommunikativt kroppsspråk, som avspeglar känslorna i musiken. Genom att ta reda på om Brahms och bekanta mig med bakgrunden till sonaten kan jag skapa en grund för den musikaliska tolkningen. Genom att implementera kroppsspråksövningar vill jag reflektera kring kroppsspråkets betydelse i mitt eget spel. Arbetet resulterade i att jag upplevde att kroppsspråket kan skapa förutsättningar för friare och mer uttrycksfullt spel. Att reflektera kring mitt musikaliska kroppsspråk har också utvecklat mitt analytiska tänkande i en spelsituation. / <p>Lyle Mays: Somewhere in Maine for violin, marimba and tape </p><p></p><p>Johannes Brahms: Violinsonat nr 1, G-dur op. 78 </p><p>I. Vivace ma non troppo</p><p>II. Adagio</p><p>III. Allegro molto moderato </p><p></p><p>Antonia Somersalo - violin</p><p>Sam Lundberg - marimba</p><p>Georg Öqvist - piano </p><p></p><p>Den klingande delen är arkiverad</p>

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Master of Music / Department of Music / Amy Rosine / This report consists of extended program notes for a master’s vocal recital for soprano, given by Mai Shibahara on April 20, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. in All Faiths Chapel Auditorium on the Kansas State University campus. Included on the recital were works by Franz Lachner, Vincenzo Bellini, Franz Liszt, Johannes Brahms, Giacomo Puccini, and Dominick Argento. The program notes include biographical information about the composers and a textual and musical analysis of their works, which were performed on this recital. / Seit ich in gesehen by Franz Lachner; Vaga luna che inargenti, Per pietà, bell̕idol mio, Ma rendi pur contento by Vincenzo Bellini; Oh!quand je dors, S'il est un charmant gazon by Franz Liszt; Die Mainacht, Wir wandelten, Wie Melodien zieht es mir by Johannes Brahms; "O soave fanciulla" from La Bohème, "Chi il bel sogno di Doretta" from La Rondine by Giacomo Puccini; Six Elizabethan songs by Dominick Argento.

Master of Music / Department of Music / Kelvin T. Kerstetter / This study provides a stylistic and structural analysis of Brahms's Trio for Piano, Clarinet, and Cello Op. 114, Francaix's Tema con Variazioni (1974), Muczynski's Time Pieces (1984), Carter's Gra, for solo clarinet (1993), and Hiyoku, for two clarinets (2001). One chapter is devoted to each piece. The composer's biographical information is presented, in addition to harmonic and structural analyses of each piece. Performance considerations and a stylistic guide are documented to aid in the performance of these works. Other vital information such as date of completion, premiere, dedication or commission information, and publication information are presented.

Detta examensarbete utgår från Johannes Brahms liv och bakgrund för att analysera och tolka hans Sonat för violin och piano Op. 108. En strukturell och delvis harmonisk analys beskrivs därefter samt en utläggning för hur styckets svårigheter angrips ur ett speltekniskt perspektiv. Syftet med studien är att få en helhet och överblick över sonaten både strukturmässigt men även att förstå kompositörens tonspråk med dess influenser och tankar kring musiken. Studiens resultat är en förståelse för hur musiken tolkas och hur inlärningsprocessen ser ut. / <p>Johannes Brahms - Sonat för violin och piano op. 108</p><p>Matilda Norlöv Violin</p><p>Thomas Rudberg Piano</p>

Models are frequently used to represent complex systems in order to test the systems before they are deployed. Some of the most complicated models are those that represent multi-agent systems (MAS), where there are multiple decision makers. Brahms is an agent-oriented language that models MAS. Three major qualities affect the behavior of these MAS models: workframes that change the state of the system, communication activities that coordinate information between agents, and the schedule of workframes. The primary method to test these models that exists is repeated simulation. Simulation is useful insofar as interesting test cases are used that enable the simulation to explore different behaviors of the model, but simulation alone cannot be fully relied upon to adequately cover the test space, especially in the case of non-deterministic concurrent systems. It takes an exponential number of simulation trials to uncover schedules that reveal unexpected behaviors. This thesis defines a coverage metric to make simulation more meaningful before verification of the model. The coverage metric is divided into three different metrics: workframe coverage, communication coverage, and schedule coverage. Each coverage metric is defined through static analysis of the system, resulting in the coverage requirements of that system. These coverage requirements are compared to the logged output of the simulation run to calculate the coverage of the system. The use of the coverage metric is illustrated in several empirical studies and explored in a detailed case study of the SATS concept (Small Aircraft Transportation System). SATS outlines the procedures aircraft follow around runways that do not have communication towers. The coverage metric quantifies the test effort, and can be used as a basis for future automated test generation and active test.