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Author: Bryan R. Simms (Professor of Musicology, Professor of Musicology, University of Southern California)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 15.50cm
, Height: 2.80cm
, Length: 23.10cm
Weight: 0.635kg
ISBN: 9780190656744
ISBN 10: 0190656743
Pages: 464
Publication Date: 25 May 2017
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Table of Contents
"Introduction THE SCHOENBERG GUIDES Arnold Schoenberg, Gurrelieder: Guide Arnold Schoenberg, Chamber Symphony, Op. 9: Thematic Analysis Pelleas and Melisande (after the drama by Maurice Maeterlinck). Symphonic Poem for Orchestra, by Arnold Schoenberg, Op. 5: Thematic Analysis Pelleas and Melisande (after the drama by Maurice Maeterlinck). Symphonic Poem for Orchestra, by Arnold Schoenberg, Op. 5: Brief Thematic Analysis Commentary on the Schoenberg Guides ESSAYS, LECTURES, AND ANALYSES The Musical Impotence of Hans Pfitzner's Die neue Aesthetik Vienna's Music Criticism: Two Feuilletons The Musical Forms in My Opera Wozzeck Why Is Schoenberg's Music So Difficult to Understand? Alban Berg's Chamber Concerto: An Open Letter Committed Response to a Noncommittal Survey Two Analyses of the Lyric Suite Composition with Twelve Tones Nine Pages on the Lyric Suite Introducing Ernst Krenek The ""Problem of Opera"": Pro Mundo - Pro Domo Voice in Opera What Is Atonal? A Dialog Lecture on Wozzeck: The ""Atonal Opera"" Credo A Few Remarks on Staging the Opera Wozzeck Commemorative Address for Emil Hertzka Commentary on Essays, Lectures, and Analyses TRIBUTES The Teacher On Willem Mengelberg and the Concertgebouw Orchestra On the Hundredth Anniversary of Franz Schubert's Death For Adolf Loos: Double Acrostic Distich for the Tenth of December On Winfried Zillig To Karl Kraus Handel and Bach Faith, Hope, and Love: For Schoenberg's Sixtieth Birthday Commentary on Tributes INTERVIEWS With the Composer of Wozzeck: A Conversation with Alban Berg, by Carl Marilaun A Chat with Alban Berg, by Oskar Baum Conversation with Alban Berg: Impressions from a Wozzeck Performance in Leningrad, by ""Iron"" A Conversation with Alban Berg, by Oskar Jancke Critique of the Critique: Conversation with Alban Berg and Clemens Krauss, by Otto König ""We spoke today with Alban Berg. . . "" Commentary on Interviews FICTIONAL WORKS Hanna A Mining Drama Night (Nocturne): Preliminary Plan, Notes for the Monodrama Commentary on Fictional Works MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS An Appeal for Schoenberg On Mahler's Ninth Symphony Two Prospectuses for the Society for Private Musical Performances Letter from Vienna Questions About Jazz Opera Theater On Reopening the Vienna Volksoper Should Wagner Stagings Be Modernized? On Composition with Twelve-Tone Rows Commentary on Miscellaneous Writings"
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The scholarship is outstanding; Simms's commentaries on the articles furnish excellent background, and his footnotes are erudite and comprehensive. American Record Guide [A]bsolutely necessary reading for expert and student alike a most significant addition to the literature.
"""The scholarship is outstanding; Simms's commentaries on the articles furnish excellent background, and his footnotes are erudite and comprehensive."" --American Record Guide ""[A]bsolutely necessary reading for expert and student alike--a most significant addition to the literature."" --CHOICE"
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Bryan R. Simms is Professor Emeritus of Musicology at the University of Southern California.
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