Schoenberg's correspondence with Alma Mahler / translated and edited by Elizabeth L. Keathley and Marilyn L. McCoy ; with commentary by Elizabeth L. Keathley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951, author.

Mahler, Alma, 1879-1964, author.

Contributor:

Keathley, Elizabeth L.

McCoy, Marilyn L.

Series:

Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951. Schoenberg in words ; v. 7.

Schoenberg in words ; volume 7

Standardized Title:

Correspondence. Selections. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951--Correspondence.

Schoenberg, Arnold.

Mahler, Alma, 1879-1964--Correspondence.

Mahler, Alma.

Mahler, Alma, 1879-1964.

Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951.

Composers--Correspondence.

Composers.

Genre:

Personal correspondence.

Correspondence.

Physical Description:

xix, 426 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]

Summary:

A fresh perspective on two well-known personalities, Schoenberg's Correspondence with Alma Mahler documents a modern music friendship beginning in fin-de-siecle Vienna and ending in 1950s Los Angeles. This volume is the first English-language edition of the complete extant correspondence in new English translations from the original German, many from new transcriptions of handwritten originals, and it is the first English-language book of Schoenberg's correspondence with a female associate. These often quite candid letters afford readers a fascinating glimpse into the personalities, ideologies, institutions, protocols, and aesthetics of early twentieth-century European music culture. Critics, conductors, composers, and visual artists are appraised, kindly or venomously; visual artists and writers also appear.0Above all, Alma Mahler (1879-1964) and Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) emerge as intriguing, complex individuals who transcend their conventional representations as, respectively, a femme fatale and a musical radical. For Schoenberg, Alma was a sympathetic confidante, a comrade in their shared battle against musical conservatism, yet also a canny negotiator of Vienna's social circles, a skill that brought Schoenberg into contact with important patrons. Not only did he invite Alma to his0premieres, lectures, and art exhibitions, but Schoenberg also sent her scores of his music and drafts of his writings. He revealed to her his plans for his innovative new music society, the Society for Private Music Performances, and his development of a new method of composition with twelve tones. 0The letters remind us of how crucial the social and personal dimensions of music culture were to the early twentieth-century composers and musicians. Gender, ethnicity, and social class conditioned their opportunities in music--and in life--and their shared experience of fleeing fascism to a new country with a different culture and language resonates with our own epoch.

Contents:

1 1903-1911: Frau Direktor- Early Compositions and New Aesthetics p. 21

2 1911-1913: Berlin Again-Witwe Mahler p. 47

3 1914-1915: "In This Great Time" p. 95

4 1916-1917: Alma M. Gropius-Military Service, New Teaching Opportunities p. 183

5 1918-1923: Modling and the Verein für musikalische Privataufführungen-Italian Sojourns p. 215

6 1924-1938: Professional Recognition, Remarriages, Catastrophe p. 303

7 1939-1951: Finale and Homecoming p. 351.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-413) and index.

ISBN:

9780195381962

0195381963

OCLC:

1057245383