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The Cambridge Companion to Schoenberg

Author : Jennifer Shaw,Joseph Auner
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2010-05-13
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781139828079

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The Cambridge Companion to Schoenberg by Jennifer Shaw,Joseph Auner Pdf

Arnold Schoenberg – composer, theorist, teacher, painter, and one of the most important and controversial figures in twentieth-century music. This Companion presents engaging essays by leading scholars on Schoenberg's central works, writings, and ideas over his long life in Vienna, Berlin, and Los Angeles. Challenging monolithic views of the composer as an isolated elitist, the volume demonstrates that what has kept Schoenberg and his music interesting and provocative was his profound engagement with the musical traditions he inherited and transformed, with the broad range of musical and artistic developments during his lifetime he critiqued and incorporated, and with the fundamental cultural, social, and political disruptions through which he lived. The book provides introductions to Schoenberg's most important works, and to his groundbreaking innovations including his twelve-tone compositions. Chapters also examine Schoenberg's lasting influence on other composers and writers over the last century.

The Cambridge Companion to Adorno

Author : Tom Huhn
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2004-07-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0521775000

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The Cambridge Companion to Adorno by Tom Huhn Pdf

The great German philosopher and aesthetic theorist Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno (1903-1969) was one of the main philosophers of the first generation of the Frankfurt School of critical theory. An accomplished musician Adorno first focused on the theory of culture and art. Later he turned to the problem of the self-defeating dialectic of modern reason and freedom. In this collection of essays, imbued with the most up-to-date research, a distinguished roster of Adorno specialists explore the full range of his contributions to philosophy, history, music theory, aesthetics and sociology.

The Cambridge Companion to Literature on Screen

Author : Deborah Cartmell,Imelda Whelehan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2007-05-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780521614863

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The Cambridge Companion to Literature on Screen by Deborah Cartmell,Imelda Whelehan Pdf

A collection of essays covering many different aspects of literature on screen.

The Cambridge Companion to the Symphony

Author : Julian Horton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-02
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781107469709

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The Cambridge Companion to the Symphony by Julian Horton Pdf

Few genres of the last 250 years have proved so crucial to the course of music history, or so vital to public musical experience, as the symphony. This Companion offers an accessible guide to the historical, analytical and interpretative issues surrounding this major genre of Western music, discussing an extensive variety of works from the eighteenth century to the present day. The book complements a detailed review of the symphony's history with focused analytical essays from leading scholars on the symphonic music of both mainstream composers, including Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven and lesser-known figures, including Carter, Berio and Maxwell Davies. With chapters on a comprehensive range of topics, from the symphony's origins to the politics of its reception in the twentieth century, this is an invaluable resource for anyone with an interest in the history, analysis and performance of the symphonic repertoire.

The Cambridge Companion to Jewish Music

Author : Joshua S. Walden
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-19
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781107023451

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The Cambridge Companion to Jewish Music by Joshua S. Walden Pdf

A global history of Jewish music from the biblical era to the present day, with chapters by leading international scholars.

The Cambridge Companion to John Cage

Author : David Nicholls
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2002-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0521789680

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The Cambridge Companion to John Cage by David Nicholls Pdf

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The Cambridge Companion to Twentieth-Century Opera

Author : Mervyn Cooke
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2005-12-08
Category : Music
ISBN : 0521780098

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The Cambridge Companion to Twentieth-Century Opera by Mervyn Cooke Pdf

A collection of specially commissioned essays investigating the extraordinary diversity of twentieth-century opera.

The Cambridge Companion to Berg

Author : Anthony Pople
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1997-04-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0521564891

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The Cambridge Companion to Berg by Anthony Pople Pdf

The world of Alban Berg is full of paradoxes, secrets and allusions, but he was able to handle emotional and moral issues at a distance and with profound sympathy. His unhurried, almost aristocratic attitude to life and his extreme self-criticism in professional matters resulted in an extraordinarily small musical output, but it includes towering masterpieces such as the operas Wozzeck and Lulu, and his last work, the Violin Concerto. All of Berg's substantial works are discussed in this Companion which brings together a team of experts who write from a variety of historical and critical perspectives, outlining the place of the music in the cultural history of its time and recontextualising it against the broader twentieth-century interplay of fashions, aesthetics and ideas.

The Cambridge Companion to Serialism

Author : Martin Iddon
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2023-02-16
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781108632027

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The Cambridge Companion to Serialism by Martin Iddon Pdf

What is serialism? Defended by enthusiastic champions and decried by horrified detractors, serialism was central to twentieth-century art music, but riven, too, by inherent contradictions. The term can be a synonym for dodecaphony, Arnold Schoenberg's 'method of composing with twelve tones which are related only to one another'. It can be more expansive, describing ways of composing systematically with parameters beyond pitch - duration, dynamic, and more - and can even stand as a sort of antonym to dodecaphony: 'Schoenberg is Dead', as Pierre Boulez once insisted. Stretched to its limits, it can describe approaches where sound can be divided into discrete parameters and later recombined to generate the new, the unexpected, beginning to blur into a further antonym, post-serialism. This Companion introduces and embraces serialism in all its dimensions and contradictions, from Schoenberg and Stravinsky to Stockhausen and Babbitt, and explores its variants and legacies in Europe, the Americas and Asia.

The Cambridge Companion to Choral Music

Author : André De Quadros
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2012-08-16
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780521111737

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The Cambridge Companion to Choral Music by André De Quadros Pdf

Bringing together perspectives on history, global activity and professional development, this Companion provides a unique overview of choral music.

Schoenberg's New World

Author : Sabine Feisst
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2011-03-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780195372380

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Schoenberg's New World by Sabine Feisst Pdf

Arnold Schoenberg was a polarizing figure in twentieth century music, and his works and ideas have had considerable and lasting impact on Western musical life. A refugee from Nazi Europe, he spent an important part of his creative life in the United States (1933-1951), where he produced a rich variety of works and distinguished himself as an influential teacher. However, while his European career has received much scholarly attention, surprisingly little has been written about the genesis and context of his works composed in America, his interactions with Americans and other émigrés, and the substantial, complex, and fascinating performance and reception history of his music in this country. Author Sabine Feisst illuminates Schoenberg's legacy and sheds a corrective light on a variety of myths about his sojourn. Looking at the first American performances of his works and the dissemination of his ideas among American composers in the 1910s, 1920s and early 1930s, she convincingly debunks the myths surrounding Schoenberg's alleged isolation in the US. Whereas most previous accounts of his time in the US have portrayed him as unwilling to adapt to American culture, this book presents a more nuanced picture, revealing a Schoenberg who came to terms with his various national identities in his life and work. Feisst dispels lingering negative impressions about Schoenberg's teaching style by focusing on his methods themselves as well as on his powerful influence on such well-known students as John Cage, Lou Harrison, and Dika Newlin. Schoenberg's influence is not limited to those who followed immediately in his footsteps-a wide range of composers, from Stravinsky adherents to experimentalists to jazz and film composers, were equally indebted to Schoenberg, as were key figures in music theory like Milton Babbitt and David Lewin. In sum, Schoenberg's New World contributes to a new understanding of one of the most important pioneers of musical modernism.

The Cambridge Companion to American Modernism

Author : Walter Kalaidjian
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2005-04-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 052182995X

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The Cambridge Companion to American Modernism by Walter Kalaidjian Pdf

Original essays by twelve distinguished international scholars offer critical overviews of the major genres, literary culture, and social contexts that define the current state of scholarship. This Companion also features a chronology of key events and publication dates covering the first half of the twentieth century in the United States. The introductory reference guide concludes with a current bibliography of further reading organized by chapter topics.

The Cambridge Companion to Stravinsky

Author : Jonathan Cross
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2003-07-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0521663776

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The Cambridge Companion to Stravinsky by Jonathan Cross Pdf

Stravinsky's work spanned the major part of the twentieth century and engaged with nearly all its principal compositional developments. This Companion reflects the breadth of Stravinsky's achievement and influence in essays by leading international scholars on a wide range of topics. It is divided into three parts dealing with the contexts within which Stravinsky worked (Russian, modernist and compositional), with his key compositions (Russian, neoclassical and serial), and with the reception of his ideas (through performance, analysis and criticism). The volume concludes with an interview with the leading Dutch composer Louis Andriessen and a major re-evaluation of 'Stravinsky and Us' by Richard Taruskin.

The Cambridge Companion to Modernism

Author : Michael Levenson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09-15
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781107010635

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The Cambridge Companion to Modernism by Michael Levenson Pdf

Including chapters on the major literary genres, intellectual, political and institutional contexts, film and the visual arts, this text provides both close analyses of individual works of modernism and a broader set of interpretive narratives.

The Musical Thought and Spiritual Lives of Heinrich Schenker and Arnold Schoenberg

Author : Matthew Arndt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-11
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781351975797

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The Musical Thought and Spiritual Lives of Heinrich Schenker and Arnold Schoenberg by Matthew Arndt Pdf

This book examines the origin, content, and development of the musical thought of Heinrich Schenker and Arnold Schoenberg. One of the premises is that Schenker’s and Schoenberg’s inner musical lives are inseparable from their inner spiritual lives. Curiously, Schenker and Schoenberg start out in much the same musical-spiritual place, yet musically they split while spiritually they grow closer. The reception of Schenker’s and Schoenberg’s work has sidestepped this paradox of commonality and conflict, instead choosing to universalize and amplify their conflict. Bringing to light a trove of unpublished material, Arndt argues that Schenker’s and Schoenberg’s conflict is a reflection of tensions within their musical and spiritual ideas. They share a particular conception of the tone as an ideal sound realized in the spiritual eye of the genius. The tensions inherent in this largely psychological and material notion of the tone and this largely metaphysical notion of the genius shape both their musical divergence on the logical (technical) level in theory and composition, including their advocacy of the Ursatz versus twelvetone composition, and their spiritual convergence, including their embrace of Judaism. These findings shed new light on the musical and philosophical worlds of Schenker and Schoenberg and on the profound artistic and spiritual questions with which they grapple.