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Adorno's study of Alban Berg is a unique document. Itself now a part of music history, it is a personal account, by a pre-eminent philosopher and aesthetician, of the life and musical works of his mentor, friend and composition teacher. Shortly after Berg's death in 1935, Adorno contributed several analyses to the first Berg biography. Thirty years later he incorporated these chapters and several subsequent essays into one volume. Beyond analyses of individual pieces, the book explores the historical and cultural significance of Berg's music, its relationship to that of other twentieth-century composers, and to the larger issues of contemporary life. This is a classic study, made available here for the first time in English, and it provides a key to understanding Adorno himself as well as offering an individual perspective on one of the major composers of the twentieth century.
Alban Berg: A Research and Information Guide is an annotated bibliography concerning both the nature of primary sources related to the composer and the scope and significance of the secondary sources which deal with him, his compositions, and his influence as a composer. The second edition will include research published since the publication of the first edition and provide electronic resources.
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One of the undisputed titans of modern music, Alban Berg (1885-1935) is credited with bringing opera into the 20th century with his groundbreaking masterpieces Wozzeck and Lulu. Along with Arnold Schoenberg and Anton von Webern, the other central figures of what came to be called the New Viennese School, Berg helped to revolutionize music through the development of atonal and twelve-tone composition. More than his colleagues, however, Berg retained a lasting affinity for the music of the past, especially the high Romantics, and consequently enjoyed a fame and popularity in his own lifetime known by few modern composers. Until recently, the story of Berg's life remained hidden. But now the au...
This book contains a comprehensive survey of research into the life and works of Alban Berg (1885-1935). Berg is one of the major composers of the twentieth century and a central figure in the Second Viennese School. His music, including the operas "Wozzeck" and "Lulu, " is performed and studied by musicians worldwide. Over 1,000 writings on Berg, dating from 1911 to the present, are cited and analyzed. In addition, the author's essay "Berg: The Making of a Classic Composer" presents a new study of Berg's life and career development and traces the history of his standing in the technical and critical literature. It is followed by a comprehensive, annotated list of Berg's published music and ...
First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Alban Berg: A Research and Information Guide is an annotated bibliography concerning both the nature of primary sources related to the composer and the scope and significance of the secondary sources which deal with him, his compositions, and his influence as a composer. The second edition will include research published since the publication of the first edition and provide electronic resources.
Headlam closely analyzes Berg's compositional technique and the use of symmetry and cycles throughout his oeuvre. He brings into the discussion Berg's own writings, as well as those of composer and musicologist George Perle; the techniques of Schoenberg, Webern, and other serialists; and aspects of pitch-class set and twelve-tone theory.
An incisive new look at the pivotal modernist composer Alban Berg and His World is a collection of essays and source material that repositions Berg as the pivotal figure of Viennese musical modernism. His allegiance to the austere rigor of Arnold Schoenberg's musical revolution was balanced by a lifelong devotion to the warm sensuousness of Viennese musical tradition and a love of lyric utterance, the emotional intensity of opera, and the expressive nuance of late-Romantic tonal practice. The essays in this collection explore the specific qualities of Berg's brand of musical modernism, and present newly translated letters and documents that illuminate his relationship to the politics and cul...