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Book SynopsisThis book examines the origin, content, and development of the musical thought of Heinrich Schenker and Arnold Schoenberg. One of the premises is that Schenker's and Schoenberg's inner musical lives are inseparable from their inner spiritual lives. Curiously, Schenker and Schoenberg start out in much the same musical-spiritual place, yet musically they split while spiritually they grow closer. The reception of Schenker's and Schoenberg's work has sidestepped this paradox of commonality and conflict, instead choosing to universalize and amplify their conflict. Bringing to light a trove of unpublished material, Arndt argues that Schenker's and Schoenberg's conflict is a reflection of tensions within their musical and spiritual ideas. They share a particular conception of the tone as an ideal sound realized in the spiritual eye of the genius. The tensions inherent in this largely psychological and material notion of the tone and this largely metaphysical notion of the genius shape both
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Names: Arndt, Matthew.
Title: The musical thought and spiritual lives of Heinrich Schenker and
Arnold Schoenberg / Matthew Arndt.
Description: Abingdon, Oxon : New York, NY : Routledge, 2018. | Series:
Ashgate studies in theory and analysis of music after 1900 | Includes
bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017016009| ISBN 9781138287259 (hardback) | ISBN
9781315268347 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951--Criticism and interpretation.
| Schenker, Heinrich, 1868-1935--Criticism and interpretation. |
Music--20th century--History and criticism.
Classification: LCC ML410.S283 A85 2018 | DDC 780.92/2--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017016009
Table of ContentsPart 1: Schenker’s and Schoenberg’s Thinking About Music 1. The Eye of the Genius 2. The Obstacle of Interruption 3. The Trouble with Problems Part 2: Schenker’s and Schoenberg’s Thinking In Music 4. Schenker the Progressive 5. The Cold Shoulder 6. Zeroing In and Zeroing Out 7. The Turning Point
