Schoenberg in context / edited by Alexander Carpenter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Carpenter, Alexander, editor.

Series:

Composers in context

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951--Criticism and interpretation.

Schoenberg, Arnold.

Modernism (Music).

Music--Social aspects--History--20th century.

Music.

Music--20th century--History and criticism.

Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951.

Music--Social aspects.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxx, 350 pages).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Summary:

"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." -- Publisher's description.

Contents:

Part I. Schoenberg in place. At home: a conversation with Nuria Schoenberg‑Nono / Alexander Carpenter ; Vienna / Mirjana Plath ; Schoenberg’s three Berlins / Joseph Auner ; Mödling / Eike Feß ; Los Angeles / Sabine Feisst

Part II. More than a composer. Schoenberg the painter / Raymond Coffer ; Schoenberg the teacher / Gordon Root ; Schoenberg the theorist / Severine Neff ; Schoenberg the writer / Steven J. Cahn

Part III. Approaches to composition. Tonality / Walter Frisch ; Atonality / Richard Kurth ; The twelve‑tone style / Jack Boss

Part IV. Paradoxes and predicaments. Popular music / John Covach ; The gender of modernism / Elizabeth L. Keathley ; Money (and mythos) / Alexander Carpenter

Part V. Schoenberg’s others. Richard Wagner / Matthias Schmidt ; Johannes Brahms / Lucy Y. Liu ; Igor Stravinsky (and Adorno) / Stephen D. Smith ; Alexander Zemlinsky / Clare Carrasco ; Gustav Mahler / Federico Celestini ; Richard Strauss / James Deaville ; Alban Berg and Anton Webern / Alexander Carpenter

Part VI. Viennese institutions. Café culture / Diane V. Silverthorne ; Empire : the Habsburgs / Joseph F. Patrouch ; Theatre / Sherry Lee ; Psychoanalysis / Daniela Finzi

Part VII. Performers and critics. Schoenberg’s performers / Mark Berry ; Music criticism and music critics / Benjamin M. Korstvedt

Part VIII. Ideas, beliefs and interventions. Religion / Pamela Cooper‑White ; Philosophy / James K. Wright ; War and politics / Joon Park ; Poetry, literature and language / Jeremy Tambling ; Technology / J. Daniel Jenkins.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 30, 2025).

Other Format:

Print version: Schoenberg in context

ISBN:

9781009075114

100907511X

OCLC:

1526229027

Publisher Number:

CIPO000244202

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license