Anton Webern / [by Igor Stravinsky and others ; translated by Leo Black and Eric Smith].

Format Book
Publication InfoBryn Mawr, PA : Theodore Presser Company ; London : Universal Edition, ©1958.
Descriptionvii, 100 pages : illustrations, music, portraits ; 22 cm.
Subjects

Other author/creatorBlack, Leo, translator.
Other author/creatorSmith, Eric (Translator), translator.
Other author/creatorEimert, Herbert, 1897-1972, editor, contributor.
Other author/creatorStockhausen, Karlheinz, 1928-2007 editor, contributor.
Other author/creatorStravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971, contributor.
Other author/creatorWildgans, Friedrich, 1913-1965, contributor.
Other author/creatorJone, Hildegard, 1891-1963, contributor.
Other author/creatorSchoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951, contributor.
Other author/creatorKrenek, Ernst, 1900-1991, contributor.
Other author/creatorBoulez, Pierre, 1925-2016, contributor.
Other author/creatorMetzger, Heinz-Klaus, contributor.
Other author/creatorSpinner, Leopold, contributor.
Other author/creatorPousseur, Henri, contributor.
Other author/creatorWolff, Christian, 1934- contributor.
SeriesDie Reihe : a periodical devoted to developments in contemporary music / edited by Herbert Eimert and Karlheinz Stockhausen ; 2
Bücher der Reihe: Information über serielle Musik ; Heft 2. ^A1461102
Contents Biographical. Foreword / Igor Stravinsky -- Biographical table ; Index of works / Friedrich Wildgans -- A cantata / Hildegard Jone -- Foreword to Webern's Six Bagatelles, op. 6 / Arnold Schönberg -- Homage to Arnold Schönberg ; Webern as a conductor / Anton Webern -- The same stone which the builders refused is become the headstone of the corner ; From the correspondence ; The UE reader / Ernst Krenek -- Choralis Constantinus / Anton Webern -- Analytical. A change of focus / Herbert Eimert -- For the 15th of September, 1955 / Karlheinz Stockhausen -- The threshold / Pierre Boulez -- Webern and Schönberg / Heinz-Klaus Metzger -- Analysis of a period / Leopold Spinner -- Anton Webern's organic chromaticism / Henri Pousseur -- Movement / Christian Wolff -- Structure and experiential time / Karl Stockhausen -- Analysis of the Sacred Song, op. 15, no. 4 / Heinz-Klaus Metzger -- Webern's Piano Variations, op. 27, 3rd movement / Armin Klammer -- Interval proportions / Herbert Eimert.
Abstract Contains a biographical section that gives essential information, full lists of works and excerpts from Webern's letters. Analyses and appreciations by composers and critics give the reader an insight into Webern's methods and importance.
General noteEssays.
Bibliography noteList of published works of composer: page 100.
Original versionEnglish translation of : original German edition Wien : Universal Edition, 1955.
LCCN 58047614

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