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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis is one of the most important resources on late classical European music to have emerged in recent years. * M. Dineen, CHOICE Connect, Vol. 59 No. 8 *
Table of ContentsPreface Abbreviations Introduction: Music in the Twilight of the Habsburg Empire Chapter 1. Two Viennese Families: The Bergs and Nahowskis Berg's Early Life The Specter of Ill Health The Marie Scheuchl Affair The Nahowski Family Helene Nahowski and Paul Kammerer Berg's Courtship of Helene Nahowski Chapter 2. Berg's Musical Apprenticeship, 1899-1911 Studies with Schoenberg Berg's Early Songs Seven Early Songs (1907) Four Songs, Op. 2 Music for Piano Piano Sonata, Op. 1 String Quartet, Op. 3 Chapter 3. A Struggle for Recognition, 1911-15 Before the War Berg's Work for Schoenberg The Scandal Concert Berg as Writer Five Orchestral Songs to Picture Postcard Texts by Peter Altenberg, Op. 4 Four Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 5 Three Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 6 Chapter 4. The War and Its Aftermath, 1915-22 Patriotic Enthusiasm Berg's Conscription Superstition and Pseudo-Science Postwar Burdens A Change of Profession Chapter 5. Wozzeck Operatic Plans and Uncertainties From Play to Libretto A Wozzeck Chronology The Music of "Wozzeck" "Wozzeck" on Stage Chapter 6. International Acclaim, 1923-5 Wozzeck Triumphant The Continuing Quest for Health New Directions in Post-War Music: Neoclassicism and Dodecaphony Chamber Concerto Chapter 7. Secret Programs with Twelve Tones, 1925-7 The Hanna Fuchs Affair A Return to Composing Lyric Suite for String Quartet Chapter 8. The Celebrated Composer, 1928-34 Summer Retreats and Family Entanglements Flight from Reality Berg's Music and the Nazi Threat A Musical Digression: Der Wein Chapter 9. Lulu The Search for Lulu Wedekind's Lulu Plays Berg's Libretto for Lulu A Chronology of Composition The Music of Lulu Prospects for Staging Symphonic Pieces from the Opera "Lulu" Chapter 10. Berg's Final Year, 1935 Berg's Financial Crisis Political Turmoil and Austrofascism The Violin Concerto Berg's Final Illness Chapter 11. Helene Berg and the Management of Berg's Legacy, 1936-76 The Completion of Lulu Bereavement, Grief, and Helene Berg's "Eternal Marriage" Helene Berg's Life Under the Nazis, 1938-45 Berg's Musical Manuscripts and Letters Toward a Berg Biography The Alban Berg Foundation Helene Berg's Last Years Epilogue: Berg the Outsider Appendix Notes Bibliography Index
