| Description |
1 online resource (361 pages) |
| Series |
The Bard music festival |
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Bard Music Festival series.
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| Contents |
Berg's worlds / Christopher Hailey -- Hermann Watznauer's biography of Alban Berg / translated and annotated by Nick Chadwick -- A descriptive overview of Berg's Night/Nocturne / introduction by Regina Busch ; translated, edited, and with commentary by Christopher Hailey -- Berg and the orchestra / Antony Beaumont -- " ... deinen Wuchs wie Musik" : portraits, identities, and the dynamics of seeing in Berg's operatic sphere / Sherry D. Lee -- "Remembrance of things that are to come" : some reflections on Berg's palindromes / Douglas Jarman -- 1934, Alban Berg, and the shadow of politics : documents of a troubled year / introduction, translations, and commentary by Margaret Notley -- Alban Berg zum Gedenken : the Berg memorial issue of 23 : a Viennese music journal / translated and annotated by Mark Devoto -- Alban Berg and the memory of modernism / Leon Botstein |
| Summary |
Alban Berg and His World is a collection of essays and source material that repositions Berg as the pivotal figure of Viennese musical modernism. His allegiance to the austere rigor of Arnold Schoenberg's musical revolution was balanced by a lifelong devotion to the warm sensuousness of Viennese musical tradition and a love of lyric utterance, the emotional intensity of opera, and the expressive nuance of late-Romantic tonal practice. The essays in this collection explore the specific qualities of Berg's brand of musical modernism, and present newly translated letters and documents that illuminate his relationship to the politics and culture of his era. Of particular significance are the first-time translations of Berg's newly discovered stage work Night (Nocturne), Hermann Watznauer's intimate account of Berg's early years, and the famous memorial issue of the music periodical 23. Contributors consider Berg's fascination with palindromes and mirror images and their relationship to notions of time and identity; the Viennese roots of his distinctive orchestral style; his links to such Viennese contemporaries as Gustav and Alma Mahler, Alexander Zemlinsky, Franz Schreker, and Erich Wolfgang Korngold; and his attempts to maneuver through the perilous shoals of gender, race, and fascist politics. --From publisher's description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Berg, Alban, 1885-1935 -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Berg, Alban, 1885-1935 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Berg, Alban, 1885-1935 fast |
| Subject |
MUSIC -- Individual Composer & Musician.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Composers & Musicians.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hailey, Christopher.
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| LC no. |
2010925390 |
| ISBN |
9781400836475 |
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1400836476 |
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0691148554 |
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9780691148557 |
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0691148562 |
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9780691148564 |
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1282936468 |
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9781282936461 |
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