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ROBERT PASCALL (1944-2018) was a distinguished musicologist with a lifelong devotion to Brahms, from his student years at Oxford (where his teachers included Egon Wellesz and Jack Westrup) to the crowning glory of his career: new critical editions of the Brahms Symphonies published by Henle Verlag between 1996 and 2012 as part of the complete edition of the composer's works. He served as professor of music at the universities of Nottingham and Bangor, and in 2009 he was appointed honorary professor of music philology at Cambridge. In the same year he was made an honorary member of the Royal Musical Association.
Offers a concise yet insightful exploration of Johannes Brahms's four symphonies, situating them within the context of 19th-century musical culture and the composer's career. Drawing on his authority as a leading Brahms scholar, Pascall shows how the symphonies embody both reverence for tradition and striking originality. Essential. * CHOICE * Completed on his 74th birthday and just months before his death in 2018, renowned musicologist Robert Pascall's posthumously published Brahms: Symphonist represents the culmination of nearly five decades spent in intimate dialogue with Johannes Brahms' symphonic legacy. In the interplay between historical documentation and analytical insight, Pascall has created not merely a reference work, but an essay of sorts on the nature of symphonic achievement itself. Also featuring press reviews of performances of the time, diagrams and facsimiles of musical sketches and score excerpts, Brahms: Symphonist should be considered an essential addition to the library of anyone serious about understanding the composer's symphonic achievements and their place in musical culture. * LIMELIGHT *
