The Early Works of Arnold Schoenberg, 1893-1908

The Early Works of Arnold Schoenberg, 1893-1908
Author: Walter Frisch
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 352
Release: 1997-01-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780520212183

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Between 1893 and 1908, composer Arnold Schoenberg created many genuine masterworks in the genres of Lieder, chamber music and symphonic music. Here is the first full-scale account of Schoenberg's rich repertory of early tonal works. 139 music examples. 2 illustrations.

Five orchestral pieces, op. 16

Five orchestral pieces, op. 16
Author: Arnold Schoenberg
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 82
Release: 1999-01-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0486406423

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Possessing a soloistic texture and variations in instrumental color defined by Grove's as "chamber music for full orchestra," this 1909 work demonstrates the composer's daring explorations in music that renounces motivic connections and tonality. Includes bar-numbered movements and ample margins at the bottom of each page for notes and analysis.

Schoenberg's Chamber Music, Schoenberg's World

Schoenberg's Chamber Music, Schoenberg's World
Author: James Kenneth Wright
Publisher:
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2009
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN:

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With his setting of Stefan George's portentous poetic text Ich fühle Luft von anderem Planeten (I feel the air of another planet) in the Second String Quartet, Op. 10 (1908), Arnold Schoenberg proclaimed the arrival of a new kind of music for the twentieth century. Pendragon Press marks the centenary of this epochal masterpiece with the publication of a wide-ranging collection of essays on Schoenberg's chamber works, and the man behind the music. With a list of distinguished contributors from three continents including Alexander Carpenter, James Deaville, Murray Dineen, Sabine Feisst, Allen Forte, Áine Heneghan, Yoko Hirota, Elaine Keillor, Don McLean, Christian Meyer, Severine Neff, Bryan Proksch, and James Wright the book presents new historical, theoretical, biographical, and semiotic perspectives on Schoenberg's chamber music, aesthetics, teaching, and persona. The links between his chamber music and earlier traditions, as well as its impact on subsequent generations of composers internationally, are among the areas of focus. The book features an Introduction written by Lawrence Schoenberg, the composer's son.

Schoenberg's Chamber Symphonies

Schoenberg's Chamber Symphonies
Author: Catherine Dale
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2000
Genre: Music
ISBN:

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In this detailed study, Dale (music, U. of Hull) identifies the two chamber symphonies (Opus 9 and Opus 38) that she considers to be pivotal moments in Schoenberg's musical development, and how Opus 38 seeks a reconciliation of tonality and atonality. In addition to analyzing the works, she examines those which preceded Opus 9 and indicate the composer's progression towards atonality. In a similar exploration of pieces surrounding Opus 38, she provides an assessment of the triadic language that became available to the composer in his late tonal and serial works. She also makes reference to Schoenberg's musical sketches, several of which are reproduced in this volume along with other examples from scores. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Structural Functions of Harmony

Structural Functions of Harmony
Author: Arnold Schoenberg
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 226
Release: 1969
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780393004786

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This book is Schoenberg's last completed theoretical work and represents his final thoughts on the subject of classical and romantic harmony. The earlier chapters recapitulate in condensed form the principles laid down in his 'Theory of Harmony'; the later chapters break entirely new ground, for they analyze the system of key relationships within the structure of whole movements and affirm the principle of 'monotonality, ' showing how all modulations within a movement are merely deviations from, and not negations of, its main tonality.

Chamber symphony no. 1, for 15 solo instruments, op. 9

Chamber symphony no. 1, for 15 solo instruments, op. 9
Author: Arnold Schoenberg
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2002-01-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0486419002

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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.

Suite for String Orchestra

Suite for String Orchestra
Author: Arnold Schoenberg
Publisher:
Total Pages: 72
Release: 1935
Genre: Suites (String orchestra)
ISBN:

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