Schoenberg and His World

by Frisch, Walter; Bard Music Festival

• ISBN13: 9780691048611
• ISBN10: 0691048614
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-08-09
• Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr

Summary

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 Worldexplores 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 ofSchoenberg and His Worldcapture 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 remarkableFestschriftprepared 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.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments	p. ix
A Schoenberg Chronology	p. 1
Essays
Schoenberg and the Audience: Modernism, Music, and Politics in the Twentieth Century	p. 19
Schoenberg as Theorist: Three Forms of Presentation	p. 55
Schoenberg and His Public in 1930: The Six Pieces for Male Chorus, Op. 35	p. 85
Schoenberg and Bach	p. 126
The Compressed Symphony: On the Historical Content of Schoenberg's Op. 9	p. 141
Schoenberg the Reactionary	p. 162
Arnold schonberg (1912) Translated by Barbara Z. Schoenberg Introduced
Editor's Introduction	p. 195
Biographical	p. 202
The Works	p. 203
As Introduction	p. 204
Schoenberg's Music	p. 210
The Harmomelehre	p. 231
The Paintings	p. 238
Schoenberg the Painter	p. 243
The Teacher (Collected Contributions by His Students)	p. 250
Dr. Egon Wellesz	p. 254
Dr. Robert Neumann	p. 254
Erwin Stein	p. 255
Dr. Heinrich Jalowetz	p. 255
Dr. Karl Horwitz	p. 256
Dr. Anton Von Webern	p. 257
Paul Koniger	p. 258
Alban Berg	p. 259
Speaks
Newspaper Accounts of His Lectures and Interviews, 1927-1933 Selected and Introduced	p. 265
Arnold Schoenberg Speaks	p. 268
Where is German Music Headed?	p. 270
Die gluckliche H	p. 273
Holds Forth	p. 274
A Musician Offers a Glimpse into His Workshop	p. 276
Idea	p. 279
Music-Ideas from Yesterday	p. 280
Schoenberg And America
Selected and Introduced
On America: Articles, Speeches, Commentary
Foremost Representative of Modernistic School in Europe	p. 288
Comment on jazz	p. 290
Crisis of Taste	p. 291
For New York	p. 292
First American Radio Broadcast	p. 293
Driven into Paradise	p. 297
First California Broadcast	p. 298
Oscar Speech	p. 302
"Wien, Wien, nur du allein"	p. 303
Music and Morality	p. 306
Protest on Trademark	p. 307
The Transplanted Composer	p. 308
American Composers On Schoenberg This Man	p. 312
Who is the Greatest Living Composer?	p. 315
Welcome for the Incoming Modern Master	p. 317
Homage to Schoenberg: The Late Works	p. 323
Schoenberg in the United States	p. 327
Index	p. 337
Notes on the Contributors	p. 351
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