Schoenberg, Berg and Webern

A study of Schoenberg, Berg and Webern, modern composers living in Vienna near the turn of the 20th century, in a broad artistic context. It illustrates how their works grew from earlier Viennese musical developments. Presenting an analysis of a central school of modern musical composition, the essays compare the artists' music to that of the non-musical arts in Vienna at that time. A prominent musical phenomenon during the period, the Second Viennese School of Music exerted a profound impact on European and American composers in the decades following World War II. The discoveries and critical perspectives on the composers discussed in these essays detail information on central aspects of their work, including the origins of atonal composition, the 12-tone method, and the literary models that often inspired their works. The text also seeks to contribute to the fascination with the modern culture produced in Vienna and other European cities near the turn of the 20th century. Each chapter, written by a different specialist, focuses on the artistic milieu of these three composers, avoiding a particular hypothesis and offering instead a broad discussion.

ISBN 0313296049   DEWEY edition DC21 ISBN13 9780313296048 (What's this?)   Pages 440 Publisher ABC-CLIO   Volumes 1 Imprint Greenwood Press   Weight (grammes) 855 Format Hardback   Published in Westport Publication date 30 Apr 1999   Height (mm) 230 Non-book description xiv, 410 p. :   Width (mm) 164 Writer of introduction Bryan R. Simms   Spine width (mm) 39 Library of Congress ML390   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly DEWEY 780.922

		Preface
		Introduction by Bryan R. Simms
Ch. 1		The Second Viennese School as a Historical Concept by Joseph Auner		1
Ch. 2		Musical Culture in Vienna at the Turn of the Twentieth Century by Margaret Notley		37
Ch. 3		Wiener Moderne and the Tensions of Modernism by Dagmar Barnouw		73
Ch. 4		Arnold Schoenberg by Bryan R. Simms		129
Ch. 5		Alban Berg by David Schroeder		185
Ch. 6		Anton Webern by Anne C. Shreffler		251
Ch. 7		The Legacy of the Second Viennese School by Jonathan W. Bernard		315
		Bibliography		385
		Index		399
		About the Editor and Contributors		409

?Simms makes an invaluable contribution to the literature...because it provides illuminating background information. Simms sorts the excellent bibliography into general studies and musical studies.?-Choice

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