A fifth symphony?
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A musicologist in Austria has discovered a sketch by Brahms that appears to be the principal theme of the opening movement of a fifth symphony. It is supposedly unique in the history of 19th century music for its extensive use of syncopation.
A paper outlining the discovery and speculating on possible sources of more sketches has been published in Die Musikforschung. Here is the theme as it appears in the paper. -
Brahms tossed into the fireplace reams of compositions he didn't want polluting his oeuvre.
@Horace said in A fifth symphony?:
Brahms tossed into the fireplace reams of compositions he didn't want polluting his oeuvre.
Yes. And his close friend, surgeon Theodor Billroth, who was an amateur composer did the same. He asked Brahms for an opinion on one of his compositions. Brahms said, basically, "Stick to surgery."
Billroth followed his advice. "I took my latest composition and threw it into the fireplace, whence it emitted a great stench."
But, any thoughts on "the tune?"
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Brahms is dead.
Why won't the world just give it up?
Just set it down, run along, and go away already.Quite right, Brahms the person and composer is stone cold dead. However. musicology as a study and academic discipline is not. So when lost fragments or incomplete compositions attributable to a dead composer are discovered, the artist’s muse becomes very much alive.
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@George-K said in A fifth symphony?:
The tune:
***VERY NSFW***
click to showAlmost as old as the Brahams thing, that chestnut.
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@George-K said in A fifth symphony?:
The tune:
***VERY NSFW***
click to showAlmost as old as the Brahams thing, that chestnut.
@Aqua-Letifer said in A fifth symphony?:
@George-K said in A fifth symphony?:
The tune:
***VERY NSFW***
click to showAlmost as old as the Brahams thing, that chestnut.
In this case, one might call it older.