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With language unencumbered by technical jargon, these scholarly writings bring to life the various facets of Schoenberg's creative process and its influence. Topics include biographical essays, surveys of the music from different periods in Schoenberg's career, and essays on the development of Schoenberg's style, on Schoenberg's attitudes toward music, composition and analysis, and the effect of and interpretation of Schoenberg's music. The contributors provide different points of view based on their unique specialties. The resulting breadth of information illuminates distinct aspects of Schoenberg's musical career.
The Arnold Schoenberg Companion aims to introduce Schoenberg and his music to a nonspecialist audience. The chronological essays place Schoenberg and his achievements in the context of the past and present. The contributing authors include scholars and composers of different generations, including two of his American students. The companion also contains an annotated bibliography and discography, and is an invaluable resource to scholars and researchers.
List of contents
Preface
ContextChanging Views of Schoenberg by Walter B. Bailey
Biography by Walter B. Bailey
MusicList of Works by Walter B. Bailey and Jerry McBride
Schoenberg's Tonal Beginnings by Walter B. Bailey
The Atonal Period in Schoenberg's Music by Leonard Stein
The Evolution of the Twelve-tone Method by Ethan Haimo
The Mature Twelve-tone Method by Ethan Haimo
The Late Twelve-tone Compositions by Ethan Haimo
Schoenberg's Late Tonal Works by Jan Maegaard
LegacySchoenberg's Theory of Composition by Patricia Carpenter
Schoenberg: The Analyst and the Analyzed by Bryan R. Simms
Schoenberg as Teacher by Leonard Stein
Schoenberg's Influence by Gunther Schuller
Selective Bibliography by Jerry McBride
Selective Discography by Jerry McBride
Index
About the author
WALTER B. BAILEY is Associate Professor of Musicology at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University. He has written numerous articles for music journals and magazines, and his previous books include Radie Britain: A Bio-Bibliography, written with Nancy Bisbrecht Bailey (Greenwood, 1990), and Programmatic Elements in the Works of Schoenberg (1984).
