SCHOENBERG'S TRANSFORMATION OF MUSICAL LANGUAGE by Ethan Haimo ( 9780521865425 )

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SCHOENBERG'S TRANSFORMATION OF MUSICAL LANGUAGE

By:

Ethan Haimo

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0521865425

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9780521865425

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Publisher:

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

1 November, 2006

Series:

Music in the Twentieth Century No. 22

Pages:

444

Description:

A study of the innovative music of the twentieth-century composer, Arnold Schoenberg.

Synopsis:

Arnold Schoenberg is widely regarded as one of the most significant and innovative composers of the twentieth century. It is commonly assumed that Schoenberg's music divides into three periods: tonal, atonal, and serial. It is also assumed that Schoenberg's atonal music made a revolutionary break with the past, particularly in terms of harmonic structure. This book challenges both these popular notions. Haimo argues that Schoenberg's 'atonal' music does not constitute a distinct unified period. He demonstrates that much of the music commonly described as 'atonal' did not make a complete break with prior practices, even in the harmonic realm, but instead transformed the past by a series of incremental changes. An important and influential contribution to the field, Haimo's findings help not only to re-evaluate Schoenberg, but also to re-date much of what has been defined as one of the most crucial turning points in music history.

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136 music examples

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Cambridge University Press

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