Perspectives on Schoenberg and Stravinsky

by Benjamin Boretz (Editor), Edward T. Cone (Editor)

Overview

Perspectives on Schoenberg and Stravinsky is an analytical and historical study of the twentieth century's most influential figures, by Milton Babbitt, Arthur Berger, Edward T. Cone, Robert Craft, Claudio Spies, and others; with new bibliographic and discographic studies prepared especially for this revised edition.

Originally published in 1968.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780691622262
Publisher:	Princeton University Press
Publication date:	12/08/2015
Series:	Princeton Legacy Library , #2299
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

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Table of Contents

• Frontmatter, pg. i
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. v
• PREFACE, pg. vii
• CONTENTS, pg. ix
• SCHOENBERG'S FIVE PIECES FOR ORCHESTRA, pg. 1
• ANALYSIS OF THE FOUR ORCHESTRAL SONGS OPUS 22, pg. 25
• THREE ESSAYS ON SCHOENBERG, pg. 47
• MOSES UND ARON: SOME GENERAL REMARKS, AND ANALYTIC NOTES FOR ACT I, SCENE 1, pg. 61
• A STUDY OF HEXACHORD LEVELS IN SGHOENBERG’S VIOLIN FANTASY, pg. 78
• SCHOENBERG AND THE ORGAN, pg. 93
• ARNOLD SCHOENBERG IN SOVIET RUSSIA, pg. 111
• PROBLEMS OF PITCH ORGANIZATION IN STRAVINSKY, pg. 123
• STRAVINSKY: THE PROGRESS OF A METHOD, pg. 156
• REMARKS ON THE REGENT STRAVINSKY, pg. 165
• NOTES ON STRAVINSKY'S ABRAHAM AND ISAAC, pg. 186
• NOTES ON STRAVINSKY'S VARIATIONS, pg. 210
• SOME NOTES ON STRAVINSKY'S REQUIEM SETTINGS, pg. 223
• DISCOGRAPHIES, pg. 251