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Arnold Shoenberg (Paperback)
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In this lucid, revealing book, award-winning pianist and scholar
Charles Rosen sheds light on the elusive music of Arnold Schoenberg
and his challenge to conventional musical forms. Rosen argues that
Schoenberg's music, with its atonality and dissonance, possesses a
rare balance of form and emotion, making it, according to Rosen,
the most expressive music ever written. Concise and accessible,
this book will appeal to fans, non-fans, and scholars of
Schoenberg, and to those who have yet to be introduced to the works
of one of the greatest composers of the twentieth century. Arnold
Schoenberg is one of the most brilliant monographs ever to be
published on any composer, let alone the most difficult master of
the present age. . . . Indispensable to anyone seeking to
understand the crucial musical ideas of the first three
decades.--Robert Craft, New York Review of Books What Mr. Rosen
does far better than one could reasonably expect in so concise a
book is not only elucidate Schoenberg's composing techniques and
artistic philosophy but to place them in history.--Donal Henahan,
New York Times Book Review For the novice and the knowledgeable,
Mr. Rosen's book is very important reading, either as an
introduction to the master or as a stimulus to rethinking our
opinions of him. Mr. Rosen's accomplishment is enviable.--Joel
Sachs, Musical Quarterly
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