Schoenberg and his school : the contemporary stage of the language of music / Rene Leibowitz ; translated from the French by Dika Newlin.
| Author/creator | Leibowitz, René |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Philosophical Library, [1949] |
| Description | xxvi, 305 pages : music ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Schoenberg et son école. English |
| Contents | Part 1. Prolegomena to contemporary music. Modal music -- Tonal music -- Part II. Arnold Schoenberg: the origin and foundations of contemporary music. Phases of the Schoenbergian reactivation of polyphonic evolution -- The suspension of the tonal system -- The definite organization of the new world of sound -- Schoenberg's "American" works -- Part III. Alban Berg: the awareness of the past in contemporary music. The work of Alban Berg -- Alban Berg and the essence of opera -- Part IV. Anton Webern: the awareness of the future in contemporary music. Webern's participation in the Schoenbergian acquisitions -- The projection of the Schoenbergian acquisitions into the future -- The last works of Webern; the culmination of contemporary polyphony -- Part V. The structure of contemporary musical speech. General foundations of the musical language -- The living language of music. |
| Abstract | In this book, the author performs a threefold task. He relates the music of Schoenberg and his followers to the age-old tradition of Western polyphony, of which, he says, it is but the latest product. He discusses, with numerous musical examples, all known major works of Schoenberg and of his two great disciples Alban Berg and Anton Webern. And, in the final section of the book, he gives some hints as to what tradition represented by these three men can mean to the future, if it is carried still further by young composers of today. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 298-305). |
| ISBN | 030671681X |
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