The 12 new essays in this volume explore the relationship between text and music in Alban Berg's works. The book examines the biographical issues that made such expressive choices attractive to the composer, and explores ways in which works not involving explicit verbal texts create signification, allusion, and reference.
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In-depth study of Alban Berg's Music,
This review is from: Encrypted Messages in Alban Berg's Music (Border Crossings) (Hardcover)
This book is the most valuable study of Alban Berg's music available in English language. Each chapter in this book is written by an eminent scholar/musicologist from Austria, Canada or US. The book is the most in-depth study of this underrated member of the second Viennese School. The four parts of this volume address four aspects relating to the ability of Berg's music to speak without words. The essays in part 1 deal with biographical issues that may have made such expressive choices particularly attractive to the composer. Part 2 explores various ways in which compositions not involving explicit verbal texts create signification, allusion, and reference, both to persons of importance in the composer's life and to literary works. Part 3 is dedicated to Berg's song cycles, and Part 4 examines Berg's operas. Many musical examples accompany the written text, and informative annotations conclude each chapter. The book is useful both to professionals and average listeners who want to better understand the beautiful music of this composer. There are two other similar studies of 20th century composers that can compare to this volume and they are Olivier Messiaen by Samuel and Henri Dutilleux by Caroline Potter.
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Turn-of-the-century Vienna was an extraordinary place. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Alban Berg, Chamber Concerto, New York, Lyric Suite, Douglas Jarman, Peter Altenberg, George Perle, Violin Concerto, Arnold Schoenberg, Karl Kraus, University of California Press, Grenzen des All, Pandora's Box, Alma Mahler, Countess Geschwitz, Franz Werfel, Drum Major, Mark Devoto, Christopher Hailey, Picture Chords, The Berg-Schoenberg Correspondence, Los Angeles, Neues Altes, Der Wein, Ecce Poeta New!
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Turn-of-the-century Vienna was an extraordinary place. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Alban Berg, Chamber Concerto, New York, Lyric Suite, Douglas Jarman, Peter Altenberg, George Perle, Violin Concerto, Arnold Schoenberg, Karl Kraus, University of California Press, Grenzen des All, Pandora's Box, Alma Mahler, Countess Geschwitz, Franz Werfel, Drum Major, Mark Devoto, Christopher Hailey, Picture Chords, The Berg-Schoenberg Correspondence, Los Angeles, Neues Altes, Der Wein, Ecce Poeta New!
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- Alban Berg by Theodor W. (Theodor Wiesengrund) Adorno on 11 pages
- The Music of Alban Berg by Douglas Jarman on 6 pages
- Unsung Voices by Carolyn Abbate on 4 pages
- The Music of Alban Berg (Composers of the Twentieth Century Serie) by Dave Headlam on page 26, page 27, and page 28
- Style and Idea: Selected Writings by Arnold Schoenberg on page 25, page 27, and page 224
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