"Alban Berg and His World" is a collection of essays and source
material that repositions Berg as the pivotal figure of Viennese
musical modernism. His allegiance to the austere rigor of Arnold
Schoenberg's musical revolution was balanced by a lifelong devotion
to the warm sensuousness of Viennese musical tradition and a love
of lyric utterance, the emotional intensity of opera, and the
expressive nuance of late-Romantic tonal practice.
The essays in this collection explore the specific qualities of
Berg's brand of musical modernism, and present newly translated
letters and documents that illuminate his relationship to the
politics and culture of his era. Of particular significance are the
first translations of Berg's newly discovered stage work "Night
(Nocturne)," Hermann Watznauer's intimate account of Berg's early
years, and the famous memorial issue of the music periodical 23.
Contributors consider Berg's fascination with palindromes and
mirror images and their relationship to notions of time and
identity; the Viennese roots of his distinctive orchestral style;
his links to such Viennese contemporaries as Alexander Zemlinsky,
Franz Schreker, and Erich Wolfgang Korngold; and his attempts to
maneuver through the perilous shoals of gender, race, and fascist
politics.
The contributors are Antony Beaumont, Leon Botstein, Regina
Busch, Nicholas Chadwick, Mark DeVoto, Douglas Jarman, Sherry Lee,
and Margaret Notley.
Bard Music Festival:
Berg and His World
Bard College
Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
August 13-15, 2010 and August 20-22, 2010
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