Schoenberg in Context

Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-1-316-51382-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 350 Seiten

Reihe: Composers in Context

Contradictory and paradoxical, Schoenberg was responsible for explosively radical innovations in composition - including atonality and the twelve-tone method - that changed the face of music in the twentieth century. This volume explores Schoenberg's life, work and world, offering contributions from internationally recognized musicologists, music theorists, cultural historians, literary scholars and more. Chapters examine the different places where Schoenberg lived, his various approaches to composition, the people and institutions that shaped his life and work, and the big issues and ideas that informed his worldview, including religion, gender, technology and politics. This book is essential for students and educators but also accessible to a general audience interested in the intersections of music, modernity, society and culture, offering a variety of fresh, multi-disciplinary perspectives on Schoenberg and his richly variegated world.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Carpenter, Alexander

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of illustrations; List of musical examples; Notes on contributors; Preface and acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Part I. Schoenberg in Place: 1. At home: a conversation with Nuria Schoenberg-Nono Alexander Carpenter; 2. Vienna Mirjana Plath; 3. Schoenberg's Three Berlins Joseph Auner; 4. Mödling Eike Feß; 5. Los Angeles Sabine Feisst; Part II. More Than a Composer: 6. Schoenberg the Painter Raymond Coffer; 7. Schoenberg the Teacher Gordon Root; 8. Schoenberg the Theorist Severine Neff; 9. Schoenberg the Writer Steven J. Cahn; Part III. Approaches to Composition: 10. Tonality Walter Frisch; 11. Atonality Richard Kurth; 12. The twelve-tone style Jack Boss; Part IV. Paradoxes and Predicaments: 13. Popular Music John Covach; 14. Money (and mythos) Alexander Carpenter; 15. The gender of modernism Elizabeth L. Keathley; Part V. Schoenberg's Others: 16. Richard Wagner Matthias Schmidt; 17. Johannes Brahms Lucy Y. Liu; 18. Igor Stravinsky (and Adorno) Stephen D. Smith; 19. Alexander Zemlinsky Clare Carrasco; 20. Gustav Mahler Federico Celestini; 21. Richard Strauss James Deaville; 22. Alban Berg and Anton Webern Alexander Carpenter; Part VI. Viennese Institutions: 23. Café Culture Diane V. Silverthorne; 24. Empire – the Habsburgs Joseph F. Patrouch; 25. Theatre Sherry Lee; 26. Psychoanalysis Daniela Finzi; Part VII. Performers and Critics: 27. Performing Schoenberg Mark Berry; 28. Music criticism and music critics Benjamin M. Korstvedt; Part XIII. Convictions and Interventions: 29. Religion Pamela Cooper-White; 30. Philosophy James K. Wright; 31. War and politics Joon Park; 32. Poetry, literature and language Jeremy Tambling; 33. Technology J. Daniel Jenkins; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Carpenter, Alexander
Alexander Carpenter is Professor of Music at the University of Alberta, where he also serves as Director of the Wirth Institute for Austrian and Central European Studies. He is the author of numerous book chapters and scholarly articles, on topics ranging from Schoenberg and the Second Viennese School, opera and the waltz to popular music and film music.