Schoenberg and His World / / ed. by Walter Frisch.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
• MitwirkendeR: Auner, Joseph H.,; Beobachter, H. Volkischer,; Botstein, Leon,; Brinkmann, Reinhold,; Burkholder, J. Peter,; Cowell, Henry,; Giitersloh, Paris von,; Harrison, Lou,; Jalowetz, Heinrich,; Kandinsky, W.,; Kramer, A. Walter,; Mccoy, Marilyn,; Neff, Severine,; Sessions, Roger,; Slonimsky, Nicolas,; Stephan, Rudolf,; Webern, Anton,
• HerausgeberIn: Frisch, Walter,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2012]; ©1999
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Edition: Core Textbook
• Language: English
• Series: The Bard Music Festival ; 29
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (350 p.)

As the twentieth century draws to a close, Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) is being acknowledged as one of its most significant and multifaceted composers. Schoenberg and His World explores the richness of his genius through commentary and documents. Marilyn McCoy opens the volume with a concise chronology, based on the latest scholarship, of Schoenberg's life and works. Essays by Joseph Auner, Leon Botstein, Reinhold Brinkmann, J. Peter Burkholder, Severine Neff, and Rudolf Stephan examine aspects of his creative output, theoretical writings, relation to earlier music, and the socio-cultural contexts in which he worked. The documentary portions of Schoenberg and His World capture Schoenberg at critical periods of his career: during the first decades of the century, primarily in his native Vienna; from 1926 to 1933, in Berlin; and from 1933 on, in the U.S. Included here is the first complete translation into English of the remarkable Festschrift prepared for the 38-year-old Schoenberg by his pupils in 1912; it presciently explored the diverse talents as a composer, teacher, painter, and theorist for which he was later to be recognized. The Berlin years, when he held one of the most prestigious teaching positions in Europe, are represented by interviews with him and articles about his public lectures. The final portion of the volume, devoted to the theme Schoenberg and America, focuses on how the composer viewed--and was viewed by--the country where he spent his final eighteen years. Sabine Feisst brings together and comments upon sources which, contrary to much received opinion, attest to both the considerable impact that Schoenberg had upon his newly adopted land and his own deep involvement in its musical life.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- A Schoenberg Chronology -- PART I ESSAYS -- Schoenberg and the Audience: Modernism, Music, and Politics in the Twentieth Century -- Schoenberg as Theorist: Three Forms of Presentation -- Schoenberg and His Public in 1930: The Six Pieces for Male Chorus, Op. 35 -- Schoenberg and Bach -- The Compressed Symphony: On the Historical Content of Schoenberg's Op. 9 -- Schoenberg the Reactionary -- PART II ARNOLD SCHÖNBERG (1912) -- Editor's Introduction -- Contents -- BIOGRAPHICAL -- THE WORKS -- AS INTRODUCTION -- SCHOENBERG'S MUSIC -- THE HARMONIELEHRE -- THE PAINTINGS -- SCHOENBERG THE PAINTER -- THE TEACHER -- PART III ARNOLD SCHOENBERG SPEAKS -- Arnold Schoenberg Speaks: Newspaper Accounts of His Lectures and Interviews, 1927-1933 -- Arnold Schoenberg Speaks- Lecture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin Arno Huth (Berlin) -- Where is German Music Headed?- An Interview with Schoenberg in Paris -- A. Schoenberg, Die gliickliche Hand -German Premiere in Breslau Dr. O. G. -- Arnold Schoenberg Holds Forth M. B. -- A Musician Offers a Glimpse into His Workshop Karl Holl -- Arnold Schoenberg's Idea W.J. -- Music-Ideas from Yesterday- A Lecture by Arnold Schoenberg at the Society for New Music, Cologne -- PART IV. SCHOENBERG AND AMERICA -- Schoenberg and America Schoenberg and America SELECTED AND INTRODUCED BY SABINE FEISST -- Schoenberg on America: Articles, Speeches, Commentary -- This Man Schonberg! A Word of Warning to the Unwise -- Who is the Greatest Living Composer? -- Welcome for the Incoming Modern Master: Roundabout with Schoenberg Who Should Arrive in Boston Next Week -- Homage to Schoenberg: The Late Works -- Schoenberg in the United States -- Index -- Notes on the Contributors