Schoenberg''s Chamber Symphonies - The Crystallization and Rediscovery of a Style

List of contents

1. The Schoenbergian Inheritance. 2. Towards the Emancipation of the Dissonance. 3. Tonal Expansion in the First Chamber Symphony op. 9. 4. Formal Compression in the First Chamber Symphony op. 9. 5. Thematic Processes in the First Chamber Symphony op. 6. The Second Chamber Symphony op. 38: Tonal Beginnings. 7. A Three-Year Interlude in teh Compositional Process: 'the First Step on a New Path.' 8. Resumption and 'Turning Point'. 9. 'On Revient Toujours'.

Summary

This title was first published in 2000: In this detailed study, Dale the author 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.

Product details

• Authors: Catherine Dale
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2021
• EAN: 9781138711068
• ISBN: 978-1-138-71106-8
• No. of pages: 220
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology