The Arnold Schoenberg Companion - W.B.Bailey - 1998.pdf

        With language unencumbered by technical jargon, these scholarly writings bring to life the various facets of Schoenberg's creative process and its influence. Topics include biographical essays, surveys of the music from different periods in Schoenberg's career, and essays on the development of Schoenberg's style, on Schoenberg's attitudes toward music, composition and analysis, and the effect of and interpretation of Schoenberg's music. The contributors provide different points of view based on their unique specialties. The resulting breadth of information illuminates distinct aspects of Schoenberg's musical career.

        The Arnold Schoenberg Companion aims to introduce Schoenberg and his music to a nonspecialist audience. The chronological essays place Schoenberg and his achievements in the context of the past and present. The contributing authors include scholars and composers of different generations, including two of his American students. The companion also contains an annotated bibliography and discography, and is an invaluable resource to scholars and researchers.

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Table of Contents

	Preface
	Acknowledgments
1	Changing Views of Schoenberg	3
2	Biography	11
3	List of Works	43
4	Schoenberg's Tonal Beginnings	51
5	The Atonal Period in Schoenberg's Music	83
6	The Evolution of the Twelve-tone Method	101
7	The Mature Twelve-tone Method	129
8	The Late Twelve-tone Compositions	157
9	Schoenberg's Late Tonal Works	177
10	Schoenberg's Theory of Composition	209
11	Schoenberg: The Analyst and the Analyzed	223
12	Schoenberg as Teacher	251
13	Schoenberg's Influence	259
14	Selective Bibliography	271
15	Selective Discography	309
	Index of Musical Works	323
	General Index	327
	Contributors	333