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Citing almost 1,300 commercial recordings of Arnold Schoenberg's original compositions and transcriptions, this second, revised edition covers recordings released in the U. S. and abroad, in all formats. It gives detailed information on compostitions, performers, issue and label numbers, dates and places of recordings and releases. This discography provides dates for individual works and movements, and includes indexes of performers, of published reviews, of titles, and of recording dates. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This piece is unusual in concentrating all the elements of a symphony into a single movement; in being written for 15 solo instruments; in using chords built up of fourths; and in creating dissonances without immediate resolution. To its first audiences, the symphony seemed shocking. But today it is one of Schoenberg's most pleasing and accessible works. Scored for a chamber ensemble of flute, oboe, English horn, two clarinets, bass clarinet, bassoon, contrabassoon, two horns, two violins, viola, cello, and bass. Instrumentation. Glossary.
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a great scholarly work...
This classic analysis of Schonberg's Suite Op. 29 is essntial for anybody concerned with atonal harmony, or the study of Schoenberg.This great study presents us with the ideas behind Schoenberg's use of the twelve-tonerow, and how he achieved large-scale coherence and small-scale progression. The real value of this work is Hyde's work with Schoenberg's rhythmicallydevices and how Schoenberg maintained a certain harmonic rhythms to lay outhis use of the row.This is a rare study in serial music and should beread by any serious scholar of the subject. ... Read more

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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. ... Read more

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terrific book for the musically literate
I used this book for a seminar I led about the music of Arnold Schoenberg. Since I'm a professional musician it all made sense to me, but for readers who don't read music, and don't understand terms in music theory (retrograde inversion, etc) it would be quite intimidating. Yes, the opening chronology is wonderful, and Leon Botstein's essay is fabulous. There is also a fascinating section of comments by American composers, and comments by various people about Schoenberg's paintings. But about half of the book is detailed musical analysis. ... Read more

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David Schiller's study of the Jewish music of Bloch, Schoenberg, and Bernstein reveals how, in the mid-twentieth century, the problem of assimilation was acutely felt as the unfinished business of European Jewry, at a time when American Jewry was creating its own distinctive culture (albeit with European roots).This incisive study sheds new light on an important aspect of the cultural and aesthetic achievements of these seminal Jewish composers. ... Read more