The Arnold Schoenberg Companion

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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 a valuable resource to scholars and researchers.

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Everything about this book meets its stated aim of helping the novice to understand Schoenberg's own aims and accomplishments.-ARBA
In this anthology, Bailey offers a balanced and comprehensive view of Schoenberg's work and influence, providing "nontechnical," informative, even engaging articles that are sure to interest the general reader as wellas the musician. No other single book in the literature covers so many facets of Schoenberg's career....Highly recommended for upper-division undergraduates through professionals.-Choice
In those words of its editor, Walter B. Bailey, "this volume seeks to address...the key features of Schoenberg, his creative process, his music, and its influence...without extensive technical terminology...."The work admirably succeeds in its purpose.-Journal of the Conductors Guild
"Everything about this book meets its stated aim of helping the novice to understand Schoenberg's own aims and accomplishments."-ARBA
"In those words of its editor, Walter B. Bailey, "this volume seeks to address...the key features of Schoenberg, his creative process, his music, and its influence...without extensive technical terminology...."The work admirably succeeds in its purpose."-Journal of the Conductors Guild
"In this anthology, Bailey offers a balanced and comprehensive view of Schoenberg's work and influence, providing "nontechnical," informative, even engaging articles that are sure to interest the general reader as wellas the musician. No other single book in the literature covers so many facets of Schoenberg's career....Highly recommended for upper-division undergraduates through professionals."-Choice

Author Bio

WALTER B. BAILEY is Associate Professor of Musicology at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University. He has written numerous articles for music journals and magazines, and his previous books include Radie Britain: A Bio-Bibliography, written with Nancy Bisbrecht Bailey (Greenwood, 1990), and Programmatic Elements in the Works of Schoenberg (1984).