Schoenberg’s theory of composition with twelve tones dominated international composition through most of the 20th century – and this edition collects the first steps of the composer’s revolution.

First published in 1948, Structural Functions of Harmony is Schoenberg’s last theoretical work and contains his ultimate thoughts on classical and romantic harmony. The many music examples range from the…

Schoenbergs Entwicklung von den spatromantischen Anfangen bis zur Ausformung der Zwoelftonlehre. Alexander L. Ringer beschreibt das Leben und Werk Arnold Schoenbergs und zeigt die Auseinandersetzung des Komponisten mit Dichtung, Malerei…

Seminararbeit aus dem Jahr 1997 im Fachbereich Musikwissenschaft, einseitig bedruckt, Universitat zu Koln (Institut fur Musikwissenschaft), Veranstaltung: Proseminar: Schriften zur Musik des fruhen 20. Jahrhunderts, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Grundstudiumsarbeit uber…

Discusses Arnold Schoenberg’s rejection of his German music theory heritage and past approaches to music-theory pedagogy, the need for looking at musical structures differently, and to avoid aesthetic and stylistic…

Arnold Schoenberg’s Second String Quartet revolutionised western music. This book aims to re-create the quartet’s historical, cultural and musical background - its introduction of the human voice, its genesis during…

Presenting a new perspective on a well-known musical and critical tradition, Watkins investigates the role of depth metaphors in the reception and composition of Austro-German music. From the Romantic aesthetics…

There is a new critical foreword by Walter Frisch, H. Harold Gumm/Harry and Albert von Tilzer Professor of Music at Columbia University, that expands this centennial edition. Frisch puts Schoenberg’s…