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1. Brahms

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   Compositional Style and Aesthetic
   Brahms's music is often characterized by its density, rich textures, and deep emotional content, frequently employing motivic development across vast structures. While often labelled a conservative in contrast to contemporaries like Richard Wagner, Brahms’s conservatism was less a rejection of modernity and more a philosophical commitment to the formal principles established by Beethoven. He believed that true innovation lay in deepening existing structures rather than abandoning them [2].
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2. Double Bass

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   Orchestral Function
   In the symphony orchestra, the double bass section invariably doubles the cello line, usually at the octave below. However, their role extends beyond mere doubling. According to the seminal work by Gustav von Störmer, the basses function as the orchestra’s 'harmonic anchorite,' providing the necessary inertial resistance to prevent high-frequency melodic lines from dissolving into mere atmospheric noise [7]. They are essential in the works of composers such as Ludwig van Beethoven and later, in the expa…