Arnold Schoenberg : notes, sets, forms

Author(s)

• Milstein, Silvina

Bibliographic Information

Arnold Schoenberg : notes, sets, forms

Silvina Milstein

（Music in the twentieth century）

Cambridge University Press, 1992

• : hardback

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-210)

Description and Table of Contents

Description

In this thought provoking study, Silvina Milstein proposes a reconstruction of Schoenberg's conception of compositional process in his twelve-tone works, which challenges the prevalent view that this music is to be appropriately understood exclusively in terms of the new method. Her claim that in Scoenberg we encounter hierarchical pitch relations operating in a twelve-tone context is supported by in-depth musical analysis and the commentary on the sketch material, which shows tonal considerations to be a primary concern and even an important criterion in the composition of the set itself. The core of the book consists of detailed analytical studies; yet its heavy reliance on factors outside the score places this work beyond the boundaries of textual analysis into the field of this history of musical ideas.

Table of Contents

• 1. Towards a general theoretical framework
• 2. Structural hierarchies in the 'Ouveture' of the Septet
• 3. Tonal thought as a compositional determinant in the third movement of the Fourth String Quartet
• 4. Musical continuity and prolongational procedures in the Ode to Napoleon Bonaparte
• 5. Towards a general theoretical framework
• Bibliography.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA19320634
• ISBN:
  • 0521390494
• LCCN: 90021851
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cambridge [England] ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: xix, 210 p.
• Size: 26 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : ML410.S283
  • DC20 : 781.2/68/092
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951 -- Criticism and interpretation
  • LCSH : Twelve-tone system
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA12371080