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Philosophical Library, 1950 - Music - 224 pages
Schoenberg's essays explore the relationship to the text, new and outmoded music, composition in twelve tones, entertaining through composing, the relationship of heart and mind in music, evaluation of music, and other topics.

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THE RELATIONSHIP TO THE TEXT
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GUSTAV MAHLER
7
NEW MUSIC OUTMODED MUSIC STYLE AND IDEA
37
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About the author (1950)

An American of Austrian birth, Arnold Schoenberg composed initially in a highly developed romantic style but eventually turned to painting and expressionism. At first he was influenced by Richard Wagner and tried to write in a Wagnerian style. He attracted the attention of Alban Berg and Anton von Webern, with whom he created a new compositional method based on using all 12 half-steps in each octave as an organizing principle, the so-called 12-tone technique. His importance to the development of twentieth-century music is incredible, but the music he composed using this new method is not easily accessible to most concertgoers.

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TitleStyle and Idea
AuthorArnold Schoenberg
PublisherPhilosophical Library, 1950
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedJan 25, 2007
ISBN0598466754, 9780598466754
Length224 pages
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