| Music of My Future: The Schoenberg Quartets and Trio Contributor(s): Brinkmann, Reinhold (Editor), Wolff, Christoph (Editor) |
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ISBN: 096403171X ISBN-13: 9780964031715 Publisher: Harvard University Press OUR PRICE: $24.75 Product Type: Hardcover Published: December 2001 Annotation: Schoenberg's quartets and trio, composed over a nearly forty-year period, occupy a central position among twentieth-century chamber music. This volume, based on papers presented at a conference in honor of David Lewin, collects a wide range of approaches to Schoenberg's pieces. The first part of the book provides a historical context to these works, examining Viennese quartet culture and traditions, Webern's reception of Schoenberg's Second Quartet, Schoenberg's view of the Beethoven quartets, and the early reception of Schoenberg's First Quartet. The second part examines musical issues of motive, text setting, meter, imitative counterpoint, and closure within Schoenberg's quartets and trio. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Genres & Styles - Chamber - Music | Genres & Styles - Classical |
| Dewey: 785.719 |
| LCCN: 00012392 |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 6.34" W x 9.2" (1.03 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Schoenberg's quartets and trio, composed over a nearly forty-year period, occupy a central position among twentieth-century chamber music. This volume, based on papers presented at a conference in honor of David Lewin, collects a wide range of approaches to Schoenberg's pieces. The first part of the book provides a historical context to these works, examining Viennese quartet culture and traditions, Webern's reception of Schoenberg's Second Quartet, Schoenberg's view of the Beethoven quartets, and the early reception of Schoenberg's First Quartet. The second part examines musical issues of motive, text setting, meter, imitative counterpoint, and closure within Schoenberg's quartets and trio. |
Contributor Bio(s): Brinkmann, Reinhold: - Reinhold Brinkmann is Ditson Professor of Music at Harvard University.Wolff, Christoph: - Christoph Wolff is Adams University Research Professor at Harvard University. |
