A Schoenberg reader [electronic resource] : documents of a life / Joseph Auner.
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- ISBN: 9780300127126 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 030012712X (electronic bk.)
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxvi, 428 p.) : ill.
- Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2003.
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General Note: | Available through EBSCO |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 397-409) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Early years in Vienna and Berlin: 1874-1906 -- "Air from another planet": Vienna, 1906-1911 -- "War clouds": Berlin and Vienna, 1911-1918 -- "The path to the new music": 1918-1925 -- Prussian academy of the arts: Berlin, 1926-1933 -- "Driven into paradise": Boston, New York, and Los Angeles, 1933-1943 -- Final years: Los Angeles, 1944-1951. |
Summary, etc.: | Arnold Schoenberg's close involvement with many of the principal developments of 20th-century music has generated controversy. This collection of his essays, letters, literary writings musical sketches, paintings, and drawings offers insights into the composer's life, work and thought. |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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