Arnold Schoenberg
- Author: Bujic, Bojan
A considerable success - an overview that manages to be serious without ponderousness, fresh without superficiality ... in Bujic's hands there is always a degree of shrewdness to counter the...
Arnold Schoenberg
- Author: Bujic, Bojan
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A considerable success - an overview that manages to be serious without ponderousness, fresh without superficiality ... in Bujic's hands there is always a degree of shrewdness to counter the...
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Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951) was arguably the central musical personality of the twentieth century, whose innovative, uncompromising musical language opened up new possibilities for composers and influenced generations of musicians and listeners. This book presents a clear narrative history of Schoenberg’s life, work and cultural context along with essential reference material and striking illustrations, making it a vital purchase for anyone interested in the composer.
Contents
- Preface /
- Chapter 1 :
- Prelude - An Austrian Setting/
- Chapter 2 : Musical Apprenticeship/
- Chapter 3 : "The air from another planet" /
- Chapter 4 : Heroes, Clowns and Beasts/
- Chapter 5 : Interlude - The Last Days of Kakania /
- Chapter 6 : Searching for Truth in Vienna /
- Chapter 7 : Berlin - An Uneasy Calm before the Storm /
- Chapter 8 : Into Exile /
- Chapter 9 : A Survivor from Europe/
- Chapter 10 : Epilogue - Schoenberg is Dead/Classified List of Works / Further Reading / Selective Discography /
- Index
Awards and reviews
A considerable success - an overview that manages to be serious without ponderousness, fresh without superficiality ... in Bujic's hands there is always a degree of shrewdness to counter the dangers of over-simplification, boosted by a striking comparison or novel suggestion of context. ... Bujic offers many [...] deft characterisations of how to think constructively about his subject's most challenging compositional concerns, and his narrative wears its own scholarship lightly
