BFM

Brahms and the Fabric of Modernist Culture

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'This large-scale project, to be carried out in the University of California, Irvine (outgoing phase) and University College Dublin (return phase) proposes to allow the expert researcher reach a level of professional maturity in the areas of research and teaching in the field of musicology, with a speciality in German music criticism and aesthetics of the late-nineteenth and twentieth centuries; the expert researcher aims to research and write a monograph in her field, to establish international collaborative relationships, to establish an international centre of excellence for music aesthetics–the first of its kind globally, and to secure a prominent lecturing post on her return to Europe. The research proposal, “Brahms and the Fabric of Modernist Culture” explores Modernism in relation to Brahms, and Brahms’s critics in relation to Modernism. It is an interdisciplinary project that focuses on the intersection between musicology, aesthetics, German studies, and philosophy. These Modernist critics, some of whom were born in the cultural atmosphere of the nineteenth century, and some of whose academic careers and writings were shaped by their twentieth-century critical, philosophical and academic milieu, include Hanslick, Nietzsche, Bloch, Schoenberg, and Adorno. This research will establish a model for uncovering how we shape perceptions of composers. It will explore the shaping of the subject that takes place while the composer is alive and for a period of approximately fifty years after their death. It will examine how the aesthetic persona is created, how linear chains of causal relationships are constructed in music criticism and music history, and assess the criteria by which a certain view of a composer obtains a dominant position. In its inter-disciplinary approach, this research, therefore, should provide a valuable model that can be applied to other composers.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

An EU study has developed a model showing how the perceptions of composers are shaped during their lifetime and beyond.

Descrizione progetto (Article)

As part of the Marie Curie Actions fellowship programme, the 'Brahms and the fabric of modernist culture' (BFM) project was funded to advance expertise in the research and teaching of musicology. The study concerned German criticism of the composer Johannes Brahms during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Specifically, the research aimed to model how the perception of the composer was shaped, both during life and after death. The model can be applied to other composers.

Project work also involved the publication of four review articles and book chapters. In addition, BFM was involved in several outreach projects promoting Marie Curie Actions. BFM also organised an international conference at University College Dublin in collaboration with the University of California, Irvine and the Society for Musicology in Ireland.

BFM work and training can help to advance expertise in German musicology, to be shared in a lecturing capacity. Furthermore, the project fostered substantial international discussion on its particular themes.