The Cambridge companion to Schoenberg

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Arnold Schoenberg is one of the most important and controversial figures in 20th-century music. This Companion presents engaging essays on Schoenberg's central works, writings, and ideas over his long life in Vienna, Berlin, and Los Angeles. Chronology of Schoenberg's life and works 1. Introduction Jennifer Shaw and Joseph Auner Part I. Schoenberg's Early Years: 2. Schoenberg's Lieder Walter Frisch 3. Schoenberg and the tradition of chamber music for strings Michael Cherlin 4. Two early Schoenberg songs: monotonality, multitonality and schwebende Tonalitat Robert P. Morgan 5. Arnold Schoenberg and Richard Strauss Craig De Wilde Part II. Schoenberg, Modernism, and Modernity: 6. Interpreting Erwartung: collaborative process and early reception Elizabeth Keathley 7. The rise and fall of radical athematicism Ethan Haimo 8. Schoenberg, modernism, and metaphysics Julian Johnson 9. Pierrot lunaire: persona, voice, and the fabric of allusion Richard Kurth Part III. Schoenberg Between the World Wars: 10. Schoenberg as teacher Joy H. Calico 11. Schoenberg, satire, and the Zeitoper Peter Tregear 12. Schoenberg's row tables: temporality and the idea Joseph Auner 13. Immanence and transcendence in Moses und Aron Richard Kurth 14. On Jewish history and identity: approaches to Schoenberg as Jew Steven J. Cahn Part IV. Schoenberg's American Years: 15. Cadence after thirty-three years: Schoenberg's Second Chamber Symphony, Op. 38 Severine Neff 16. Schoenberg's collaborations Jennifer Shaw 17. Listening to Schoenberg's Piano Concerto Walter B. Bailey 18. Schoenberg's reception in America, 1933-1951 Sabine Feisst 19. Schoenberg: dead or alive? His reception amongst the post-war European avant-garde Richard Toop.