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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810181603321

Autore

Simms Bryan R

Titolo

The atonal music of Arnold Schoenberg, 1908-1923 [[electronic resource] /] / Bryan R. Simms

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000

ISBN

9780195351859

0195351851

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

ix, 265 p. : ill

Disciplina

780/.92

Soggetti

Atonality

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-257) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Atonality and the Critical Imagination -- Chapter 2 Schoenberg's Evolution toward Atonality -- Chapter 3 Settings of the Poetry of Stefan George: Opp. 10, 14, and 15 -- Chapter 4 Small Instrumental Works: Opp. 11, 16, and 19 and Three Pieces for Chamber Orchestra -- Chapter 5 The Operas Erwartung and Die glückliche Hand -- Chapter 6 New Uses of the Voice: Herzgewächse, Pierrot lunaire, and Four Songs, Op. 22 -- Chapter 7 On the Road from Earth to Heaven: Symphony and Die Jakobsleiter -- Chapter 8 Composing with Tones: Five Piano Pieces, Op. 23, and Serenade, Op. 24 -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Sommario/riassunto

Between 1908 and 1923, Arnold Schoenberg began writing music that went against many of the accepted concepts and practices of this art. Largely following his intuition during these years, he composed some of the masterpieces of the modern repertoire--including Pierrot lunaire and Erwartung--works that have since provoked a large, though fragmented, body of critical and analytical writing. In this book, Bryan Simms combines a historical study with a close analytical reading of the music to give us a new and richer understanding of Schoenberg's seminal work during this period.