The Creative Worlds of Joseph Joachim

Examines Joseph Joachim's vital legacy through a range of philological, philosophical and critical approaches.

Introduction: The Creative Worlds of Joseph JoachimRobert Whitehouse EshbachPART ONE: Identity1. "Of the Highest Good": Joachim's Relationship to MendelssohnR. Larry Todd2. Joseph Joachim and His Jewish DilemmaStyra Avins3. Joachim and Romani Musicians: Their Relationship and Common Features in Performance PracticeMineo OtaPART TWO: Joachim as Performer4. Joachim's Violins: Spotlights on Some of ThemRuprecht Kamlah5. (Re-)Enchanting Performance: Joachim and the Spirit of BeethovenKaren Leistra-Jones6. "Thou That Hast Been in England Many a Year": The British JoachimIan Maxwell7. Joachim at the Crystal PalaceMichael Musgrave8. "Music Was Poured by Perfect Ministrants": Joseph Joachim at the Monday Popular Concerts, LondonTherese Ellsworth9. "Das Quartett-Spiel ist doch wohl mein eigentliches Fach": Joseph Joachim and the StringQuartetRobert Riggs10. Professor Joachim and His PupilsSanna Pederson11. Performers as Authors of Music History: Joseph and Amalie JoachimBeatrix Borchard12. At the Intersection of Performance and Composition: Joseph Joachim and Brahms's PianoQuartet in A Major, Op. 26, Movement IIIWilliam P. HornePART THREE: Joachim as Composer13. Re-considering the Young Composer-Performer Joseph Joachim, 1841-53Katharina Uhde14. "Franz Liszt gewidmet": Joseph Joachim's G-minor Violin Concerto, Op. 3Vasiliki Papadopoulou15. Drama and Music in Joachim's Overture to Shakespeare's Henry IVValerie Woodring Goertzen16. "So Gleams the Past, the Light of Other Days": Joachim's Hebräische Melodien for Viola and Piano, Op. 9 (1853)Marie Sumner Lott17. Tovey's View of Joachim's "Hungarian" Violin ConcertoRobert RiggsBibliographyIndex