Schoenberg And His School: The Contemporary Stage Of The Language Of MusicIn this book, the author performs a threefold task. He relates the music of Schoenberg and his followers to the age-old tradition of Western polyphony, of which, he says, it is but the latest product. He discusses, with numerous musical examples, all known major works of Schoenberg and of his two great disciples Alban Berg and Anton Webern. And, in the final section of the book, he gives some hints as to what tradition represented by these three men can mean to the future, if it is carried still further by young composers of today. |
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Schoenberg and His School: The Contemporary Stage of the Language of Music René Leibowitz Limited preview - 2015 |
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acquisitions Alban Berg appears arco Arnold Schoenberg Bach bass clarinet becomes beginning Berg's canon cello characteristic chords chromatic scale chromaticism completely composers composition Concerto contemporary musical contrapuntal contrary motion counterpoint dramatic elaborated elements essence evolution of polyphony example Finally fourth fugue Furthermore Gurre-Lieder harmonic harp idea imitation intervals Introduction to Twelve-Tone inversion Klangfarbenmelodie leading-tone Lulu means measure melody minor third modal modes motives movement musical language musical speech musicians opera orchestral original passage piano accompaniment piece Pierrot Lunaire pizz played polyphony possible principles problems recapitulation resources of chromaticism rhythm rhythmic Schoen Schoenbergian score segment solo sonata sonata form Songs with piano sound-forms string quartet structure superposition Symphony thematic theme tion tonal functions tonal music tonal system tone-row tones total resources tradition Twelve-Tone Music twelve-tone row twelve-tone technique unfoldment unity variation viola violin vocal voice Webern world of sound Wozzeck