Klavierstücke op. 118 Johannesa Brahmsa. Zbiór czy cykl?
Klavierstücke, op. 118 by Johannes Brahms. A Collection or a Cycle?

Author(s): Stanisław Kosz
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Music
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Summary/Abstract: The six piano pieces which comprise Klavierstücke, op. 118 by Johannes Brahms are not defined by the literature of musicology as a coherent, integral cycle. Moreover, the title of the first note edition—Klavierstücke (N. Simrock, 1893)—does not seem to suggest that either. However, an in-depth analysis of the particular parts of opus 118, as well as theirparticular arrangement and the dramatic character of the entire piece—coupled with Mieczysław Tomaszewski’s six-phase conception of the creative path of the artist—allowto assume the hypothesis that, in fact, the piece constitutes at the same time a cycle characterized by a high level of internal integration and a kind of musical “autobiography” ofthe composer, dedicated nota bene to Clara Wieck.

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