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As the twentieth century draws to a close Arnold Schoenberg 18741951 isbeing acknowledged as one of its most significant and multifaceted composers.Schoenberg and His World explores the richness of his genius through commentaryand documents.Marilyn McCoy opens the volume with a concise chronology of Schoenbergs lifeand works based on the latest scholarship. Essays by Joseph Auner LeonBotstein Reinhold Brinkmann J. Peter Burkholder Severine Neff and RudolfStephan examine aspects of his creative output theoretical writings relationto earlier music and the sociocultural contexts in which he worked.The documentary portions of Schoenberg and His World capture Schoenberg atcritical periods of his career during the first decades of the centuryprimarily in his native Vienna from 1926 to 1933 in Berlin and from 1933 onin the U.S. Included here is the first complete translation into English of theremarkable Festschrift prepared for the 38yearold Schoenberg by his pupils in1912 it presciently explored the diverse talents as a composer teacherpainter and theorist for which he was later to be recognized. The Berlinyears when he held one of the most prestigious teaching positions in Europeare represented by interviews with him and articles about his public lectures.The final portion of the volume devoted to the theme Schoenberg and Americafocuses on how the composer viewed and was viewed by the country in whichhe spent his final eighteen years. Sabine Feisst brings together and commentsupon sources which contrary to much received opinion attest to both theconsiderable impact that Schoenberg had upon his newly adopted land and hisowndeep involvement in its musical life. «
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