Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- JOHANNES BRAHMS
- MAX BRUCH
- KARL GOLDMARK
- JOSEF RHEINBERGER
- THEODOR KIRCHNER—CARL REINECKE—WOLDEMAR BARGIEL
- JOSEPH JOACHIM—CLARA SCHUMANN
- HEINRICH VON HERZOGENBERG—HEINRICH HOFMANN—ANTON BRUCKNER—FELIX DRAESEKE
- JEAN LOUIS NICODÉ—RICHARD STRAUSS—HANS SOMMER—CYRILL KISTLER
- Plate section
JEAN LOUIS NICODÉ—RICHARD STRAUSS—HANS SOMMER—CYRILL KISTLER
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2010
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- JOHANNES BRAHMS
- MAX BRUCH
- KARL GOLDMARK
- JOSEF RHEINBERGER
- THEODOR KIRCHNER—CARL REINECKE—WOLDEMAR BARGIEL
- JOSEPH JOACHIM—CLARA SCHUMANN
- HEINRICH VON HERZOGENBERG—HEINRICH HOFMANN—ANTON BRUCKNER—FELIX DRAESEKE
- JEAN LOUIS NICODÉ—RICHARD STRAUSS—HANS SOMMER—CYRILL KISTLER
- Plate section
Summary
When Schumann wrote his famous article on the youthful Brahms, headed “Neue Bahnen,” he seems almost to have discerned, as by a clear prophetic vision, the position which the young composer would ultimately reach; just as he had seen in the second published work of Chopin the imaginative power which, to ordinary observers, is by no means visible until a much later date. Such exceptional powers are not required in considering the claims of the leaders of the latest German school to be regarded as great composers, for all four of the men whose names stand at the head of this chapter have published far more important works than had been produced by either Chopin or Brahms at the time when Schumann first wrote about them. Still, it is impossible to declare with certain voice any one of the four to be the coming champion of music, unless it be first conceded that such a champion cannot be looked for anywhere but in Germany, and, therefore, that the best of the young Germans must of necessity be the future acknowledged master of the art for all the world.
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- Masters of German Music , pp. 263 - 289Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009