Schoenberg in Context
$376.87
- Hardcover
350 pages
- Release Date
31 July 2025
Summary
Schoenberg: A Life in Music, Modernity, and Context
Contradictory and paradoxical, Schoenberg was responsible for explosively radical innovations in composition - including atonality and the twelve-tone method - that changed the face of music in the twentieth century. This volume explores Schoenberg’s life, work, and world, offering contributions from internationally recognized musicologists, music theorists, cultural historians, literary scholars, and more.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781316513828 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1316513823 |
| Series: | Composers in Context |
| Author: | Alexander Carpenter |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Imprint: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 350 |
| Release Date: | 31 July 2025 |
| Weight: | 0g |
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About The Author
Alexander Carpenter
Alexander Carpenter is Professor of Music at the University of Alberta, where he also serves as Director of the Wirth Institute for Austrian and Central European Studies. He is the author of numerous book chapters and scholarly articles, on topics ranging from Schoenberg and the Second Viennese School, opera and the waltz to popular music and film music.
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