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Arnold Schoenberg is usually associated with the breakdown of tonality in the early twentieth century. The present book challenges this familiar narrative by considering his Eight Songs op. 6 (1903-05) as the culmination of his tonal mastery. It is the first monograph devoted to these pieces. The songs are placed in the historical and philosophical context of turn-of-the-century Vienna, and related to the composer’s views on music, language, the musical idea, and tonality. Each of the songs is analysed from a different perspective in order to trace its generative `Gedanke’ or idea. Schoenberg’s treatment of tonality is ultimately seen in terms not of destruction and loss, but of creative construction and of expanding relations within musical space.

Schoenberg and Tonality: The Eight Songs Op. 6

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Arnold Schoenberg is usually associated with the breakdown of tonality in the early twentieth century. The present book challenges this... Read more

    Publisher: Peeters Publishers
    Publication Date: 28/05/2018
    ISBN13: 9789042935709, 978-9042935709
    ISBN10: 9042935707

    Number of Pages: 266

    Non Fiction , Entertainment

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    Arnold Schoenberg is usually associated with the breakdown of tonality in the early twentieth century. The present book challenges this familiar narrative by considering his Eight Songs op. 6 (1903-05) as the culmination of his tonal mastery. It is the first monograph devoted to these pieces. The songs are placed in the historical and philosophical context of turn-of-the-century Vienna, and related to the composer’s views on music, language, the musical idea, and tonality. Each of the songs is analysed from a different perspective in order to trace its generative `Gedanke’ or idea. Schoenberg’s treatment of tonality is ultimately seen in terms not of destruction and loss, but of creative construction and of expanding relations within musical space.

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