| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 444 pages) : illustrations |
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The Schoenberg guides. Arnold Schoenberg, Gurrelieder : guide ; Arnold Schoenberg, Chamber symphony, Op. 9 : thematic analysis ; Pelleas and Melisande (after the drama by Maurice Maeterlinck) : Symphonic poem for orchestra, by Arnold Schoenberg, Op. 5 : thematic analysis ; Pelleas and Melisande (after the drama by Maurice Maeterlinck) : Symphonic poem for orchestra, by Arnold Schoenberg, Op. 5 : brief thematic analysis ; Commentary on the Schoenberg guides -- Essays, lectures, and analyses. The musical impotence of Hans Pfitzner's Die neue Ästhetik ; Vienna's music criticism : two feuilletons ; The musical forms in my opera Wozzeck ; Why is Schoenberg's music so difficult to understand? ; Alban Berg's Chamber concerto : an open letter ; Committed response to a noncommittal survey ; Two analyses of the Lyric suite ; Composition with twelve tones ; Nine pages on the Lyric suite ; Introducing Ernst Krenek ; The problem of opera ; ProMundo ; Pro Domo ; The voice in opera ; What Is atonal? A dialogue ; Lecture on Wozzech : the 'atonal opera' credo ; A few remarks on staging the opera Wozzeck ; Commemorative address for Emil Hertzka ; Commentary on essays, lectures, and analyses -- Tributes. The teacher ; On Willem Mengelberg and the Concertgebouw Orchestra ; On the hundredth anniversary of Franz Schubert's death ; For Adolf Loos : double acrostic distichs for the tenth of December ; On Winfried Zillig ; To Karl Kraus ; Handel and Bach ; Faith, hope, and love : for Schoenberg's sixtieth birthday ; Commentary on tributes -- Interviews. With the composer of Wozzeck : a conversation with Alban Berg, by Carl Marilaun ; A chat with Alban Berg, by Oskar Baum ; Conversation with Alban Berg : impressions from a Wozzeck performance in Leningrad, by Iron ; Berg's Wozzeck in Leningrad : remarks by the composer ; A conversation with Alban Berg, by Oskar Jancke ; Critique of the critique : conversation with Alban Berg and Clemens Krauss, by Otto König ; We spoke today with Alban Berg ... ; Commentary on interviews -- Fictional works. Hanna ; A mining drama ; Night (Nocturne) : preliminary plan, notes for the monodrama ; Commentary on fictional works -- Miscellaneous writings. An appeal for Schoenberg ; On Mahler's Ninth symphony ; Two prospectuses for the Society for Private Musical Performances ; Letter from Vienna ; Questions about jazz ; Opera theater ; On reopening the Vienna Volksoper ; Should Wagner stagings be modernized? ; Composition with twelve-tone rows ; Commentary on miscellaneous writings |
| Summary |
This volume contains new English translations of the complete writings of the Viennese composer Alban Berg (1885-1935) and extensive commentaries tracing the history of each piece of work and its connection to musical culture of the early twentieth century. In his early years he also tried his hand at fictional writing, using works by Ibsen and Strindberg as models. This new English edition contains forty-seven pieces of his work, many of which are little known and have not been previously available in English |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Berg, Alban, 1885-1935.
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| SUBJECT |
Berg, Alban, 1885-1935 fast |
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Composers -- Austria
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Composers
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Austria
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Simms, Bryan R
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| ISBN |
9780190268213 |
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0190268212 |
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