Anton von Webern : a chronicle of his life and work / by Hans Moldenhauer ; in collaboration with Rosaleen Moldenhauer.

Author/creator Moldenhauer, Hans
Other author Moldenhauer, Rosaleen.
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon : Victor Gollancz, 1978.
Description803 pages, 8 leaves of plates : portraits ; 24 cm
Subjects
Webern, Anton, 1883-1945.
Composers--Austria. --Biography.

Contents Introduction -- Prologue: Genealogy -- Youth (1883-1902) -- University years I (1902-1904) -- Early compositions I (1899-1904) -- Arnold Schoenberg, university years II (1904-1906) -- Early compositions II, opera 1-2 (1905-1908) -- Inauspicious beginnings (1906-1910) -- Opera 3-8, two opera projects (1908-1910) -- Danzig (1910-1911) -- Berlin (1911-1912) -- Stettin (1912-1913) -- Vienna, illness (1913-1914) -- Opera 9-11, other works, Tot (1911-1914) -- First world war, Prague, Mödling (1914-1918) -- Society for private musical performances (1918-1922) -- Rise to recognition (1921-1924) -- Opera 12-16, unfinished projects, arrangements (1914-1924) -- Mounting success (1925-1928) -- Twelve-tone method, opera 17-21, other works, Liszt arrangement (1924-1928) -- International acclaim, Hildegard Jone (1929) -- Work and family (1930) -- Honour and notoriety (1931) -- Hietzing, Maria Enzersdorf, lectures, concerts, illness (1932) -- Schoenberg's emigration, Webern's 50th birthday (1933) -- Turn of fortunes (1934) -- Opera 22-25, Schubert and Bach transcriptions (1928-1935) -- Last conducting appearances in Vienna, Berg's death, crisis at Barcelona (1935-1936) -- Webern as a conductor, Schoenberg in Los Angeles, before the Anschluss (1936-1938) -- Opera 26-28 (1935-1938) -- Consequences of the Anschluss, Webern as a teacher (1938) -- Webern and "The Third Reich" (1938-1941) -- Wartime vignettes, Webern's 60th birthday, iconography (1940-1943) -- Opera 29-31 (1938-1944) -- The war comes home, Peter's death (1943-1945) -- Catastrophe and flight (1945) -- Mittersill notebook, the presumptive Opus 32 (1944-1945) -- Webern's death (15 September 1943) -- Epilogue: Wilhelmine, renaissance -- Appendix 1: Work list -- Appendix 2: Anton von Webern: Analysis of the String Quartet, op. 28.
Abstract Based on the discovery of previously unknown Webern manuscripts, notebooks, and diaries, this biography of the twentieth-century composer examines all the crucial elements of his life and work, including his years as a pupil of Schoenberg. Appendix includes analysis of the String Quartet op. 28.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 757-773), works list, and index.
ISBN0575024364

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Music Music Stacks ML410.W33 M55 1978 ✔ Available Place Hold