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Schoenberg's Transformation of Musical Language (Music in the Twentieth Century) Book

A study of the innovative music of the twentieth-century composer, Arnold Schoenberg.Read More

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  • Book Description

    One of the most influential composers of the twentieth century, Arnold Schoenberg's musical innovations still resonate today. Ethan Haimo challenges the popular notion that Schoenberg's atonal music made a revolutionary break with the past, arguing that his music instead transformed the past through a series of incremental changes.

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    Arnold Schoenberg is widely regarded as one of the most significant and innovative composers of the twentieth century. It is commonly assumed that Schoenberg's music divides into three periods: tonal, atonal, and serial. It is also assumed that Schoenberg's atonal music made a revolutionary break with the past, particularly in terms of harmonic structure. This book challenges both these popular notions. Haimo argues that Schoenberg's 'atonal' music does not constitute a distinct unified period. He demonstrates that much of the music commonly described as 'atonal' did not make a complete break with prior practices, even in the harmonic realm, but instead transformed the past by a series of incremental changes. An important and influential contribution to the field, Haimo's findings help not only to re-evaluate Schoenberg, but also to re-date much of what has been defined as one of the most crucial turning points in music history.

  • 0521122740
  • 9780521122740
  • Ethan Haimo
  • 5 November 2009
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 444
  • 1
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