Anton Webern At the Dawn of Modernism

The first extended account of Webern's tonal music, this book provides fresh glimpses into the intellectual fabric of European modernism and its concept of 'earliness' and sheds new light on this pivotal figure. Bringing analytical insights into dialogue with new biographical and philological perspectives, it will be valuable across the humanities.

List of contents

Chronology of Webern's early musical life; Music examples; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgments; Note on sources; Note on translations and quotations; Glossary of selected music analytical terms and symbols; Introduction; 1. Prelude: earliness as a historiographical category; 2. Moving moods; 3. Zarathustrian transfigurations; 4. Interlude: earliness as an aesthetic category; 5. Lyrical temporality; 6. Impulsive agitations; 7. Envoicing absence; 8. Postlude: earliness as a biographical category; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Sebastian Wedler is Assistant Professor of Musicology at Utrecht University. He has contributed chapters to The Cambridge Companion to Music and Romanticism (2021), and The Cambridge Companion to Serialism (2023).

Product details

• Authors: Sebastian Wedler, Sebastian (Universiteit Utrecht Wedler
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 31.10.2025
• EAN: 9781009453691
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0945369-1
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: Music in Context
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; MUSIC / History & Criticism, 20th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Music reviews & criticism, Music reviews and criticism, 20th Century & Contemporary Classical Music, Art music, orchestral and formal music, For higher / tertiary / university education