Music: An Appreciation, Brief 7th Edition (Kamien)

Chapter 15: Johannes Brahms

Liszt and Brahms

1. Audio examples of the piano music of Liszt and Brahms should be available in most libraries. Find and listen to piano music by both influential romantic composers, then compare them in each of the following areas:

   Personal Traits: lifestyle and personality

   Musical Elements, including texture, melody, harmony, rhythm, and structure

2. In a three-paragraph paper, create an imaginary performance.

   1st Paragraph: set the scene for a performance. The audience is Vienna's fashionable and artistic elite. They await the first of two pianists to perform.

   2^nd Paragraph: Brahms steps to the piano and begins playing the work studied above, in the A section of this project. Using the information gathered above, describe the music and the audience reaction to it.

   3^rd Paragraph: Next, Liszt performs his piece, also the work studied for the A section of this project. Using the information gathered above, describe the music and the audience reaction to it.

   4^th Paragraph (optional) Whose music do you prefer, and why?