Format:
XXVIII, 437 S.
,
Ill., Notenbeisp.
ISBN:
9781107624924
,
9781107046863
Series Statement:
Music since 1900
Note:
Musical idea and symmetrical idealSuite for Piano Op. 25: varieties of idea in Schoenberg's earliest twelve-tone music -- Woodwing Quintet Op. 26: the twelve-tone idea reanimates a large musical form -- Three Satires Op. 28. no. 3: the earliest example of the "symmetrical ideal" in a (more or less) completely combinatorial context -- Piano Piece Op. 33a: the "symmetrical ideal: conflicts with and is reconciled to row order -- Fourth String Quartet Op. 37, movement I: two motives give rise to contrasting row forms, meters, textures, and tonalities (and are reconciled) within a large sonata form -- Moses und Aron: an incomplete musical idea represents an unresolved conflict between using word and image to communicate God -- String Trio Op. 45: a musical idea and a near-death experience are expressed as a conflict between alternative row forms.
Language:
English
Subjects:
Musicology
Keywords:
Schönberg, Arnold 1874-1951
;
Zwölftontechnik
Author information:
Schönberg, Arnold 1874-1951
