Alban Berg : the man and his music / by H.F. Redlich.
| Author/creator |
Redlich, Hans Ferdinand, 1903-1968 |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | New York : Abelard-Schuman, [1957] |
| Description | 316 pages : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles, music ; 22 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Contents | Part I. Introduction. The second Viennese school -- The problem of tonality -- Part II. The music of Alban Berg. Early works -- Wozzeck -- The development of serial technique -- Der wein -- Lulu -- The violin concerto -- Part III. The live of Alban Berg -- Part IV. Appendices. Arnold Schoenberg on Alban Berg (1946) ; Facsimile of Berg's variations for piano and on a theme of his own (1908) ; Berg's lecture on Wozzeck (1929). |
| Abstract | This is the first detailed assessment of Berg, the man and composer, in any language. Its greater part is devoted to a critical analysis of Berg's music and to a thorough appraisal of the achievements of Arnold Schoenberg and its two chief disciples. But it is also a comprehensive biography of the man, Alban Berg, and much additional biographical matter is included in the analytical portions of the book. In two long chapters, the author discusses the operas, Wozzeck and Lulu, at length, using musical examples and hitherto unpublished letters. The chapter on Lulu contains the first detailed analysis of Act 3, which was completed in short score but not completely orchestrated and which remains unperformed to this day. Works which have been neglected by musicologists so far, such as the Altenberg songs, the Storm Lieder and the Chamber Concerto, are fully analyzed as such in the development of serial composition. |
| Bibliography note | "Catalogue of works": pages 287-298. "Discography": pages 299-304. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-312) and index. |
| LCCN | 57005135 |
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