Neuerscheinungen

Cross, Charlotte M. and Russell A. Berman (Editors): Political and religious ideas in the works of Arnold Schoenberg.
New York, London: Garland Publishing 2000
(ISBN 0-8153-2831-1)


Inhaltsverzeichnis

Abstract Polyphonies: The Music of Schoenberg's Nietzschean Moment / W.E. Benjamin
Arnold Schoenberg as Poet and Librettist: Dualism, Epiphany, and 'Die Jakobsleiter' / D. Schroeder
Androgyny and the Eternal Feminine in Schoenberg's Oratorio 'Die Jakobsleiter' / J. Shaw
'Von heute auf morgen': Schoenberg as Social Critic / S. Davison
Schoenberg in Shirtsleeves: The Male Choruses, Op. 35 / R. Falck
The Prophet and the Pitchman: Dramatic Structure and Its Musical Elucidation in 'Moses und Aron', Act I, Scene 2 / E.D. Latham
Schoenberg's 'Moses und Aron': A Vanishing Biblical Nation / B. Goldstein
Schoenberg Rewrites His Will: 'A Survivor from Warsaw', Op. 46 / D. I. Lieberman
Texts and Contexts of 'A Survivor from Warsaw', Op. 46 / C. Crittenden
Returning to a Homeland: Religion and Political Context in Schoenberg's 'Dreimal taudend Jahre' / N. André
Schoenberg's 'Modern Psalm', Op. 50c and the Unattainable Ending / M.P. Risinger


Abstrakt

The essays in this volume chronicle Schoenberg's career over a span of some forty-two years. His musical evelopment, especially during the period from the end of the first decade of the twentieth century until the early 1930s, was remarkable. Schoenberg's career is also shown from the perspective of its three main geographical settings: Austria, the Weimar Republic, and America. This volume thus divides naturally into three discrete units according to the different sociopolitical settings in which its protagonist worked. Musical techniques and biographical issues are integral to the subject. Nevertheless, the book's main focus is the specific political and religious material that Schoenberg sought to express in music.