Book
The musical thought and spiritual lives of Heinrich Schenker and Arnold Schoenberg
Ashgate studies in theory and analysis of music after 1900, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
2018
DOI: 10.4324/9781315268347
Abstract
This book examines the origin, content, and development of the musical thought of Heinrich Schenker and Arnold Schoenberg. One of the premises is that Schenker's and Schoenberg's inner musical lives are inseparable from their inner spiritual lives. Curiously, Schenker and Schoenberg start out in much the same musical-spiritual place, yet musically they split while spiritually they grow closer. The reception of Schenker's and Schoenberg's work has sidestepped this paradox of commonality and conflict, instead choosing to universalize and amplify their conflict. Bringing to light a trove of unpublished material, Arndt argues that Schenker's and Schoenberg's conflict is a reflection of tensions within their musical and spiritual ideas. They share a particular conception of the tone as an ideal sound realized in the spiritual eye of the genius. The tensions inherent in this largely psychological and material notion of the tone and the metaphysical notion of the genius shape both their musical divergence on the logical (technical) level in theory and composition, including their advocacy of the Ursatz versus twelve-tone composition, and their spiritual convergence, including their embrace of Judaism. These findings shed new light on the musical and philosophical worlds of Schenker and Schoenberg and on the profound artistic and spiritual questions with which they grapple.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The musical thought and spiritual lives of Heinrich Schenker and Arnold Schoenberg
- Creators
- Matthew Arndt - University of Iowa, School of Music
- Resource Type
- Book
- Table of contents
- Title Page; 1 The eye of the genius; Copyright Page; 6 Zeroing in and zeroing out; 4 Schenker the progressive; List of examples; Index; Acknowledgements; 5 The cold shoulder; Cover; Contents; PART II: Schenker’s and Schoenberg’s thinking in music; Introduction; 2 The obstacle of interruption; References; Half Title; List of abbreviations; PART I: Schenker’s and Schoenberg’s thinking about music; Style; 7 The turning point; 3 The trouble with problems; List of audio examples; Conclusion; Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of examples -- List of audio examples -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- Style -- Introduction -- PART I: Schenker's and Schoenberg's thinking about music -- 1 The eye of the genius -- 2 The obstacle of interruption -- 3 The trouble with problems -- PART II: Schenker's and Schoenberg's thinking in music -- 4 Schenker the progressive -- 5 The cold shoulder -- 6 Zeroing in and zeroing out -- 7 The turning point -- Conclusion -- References -- Index
- Series
- Ashgate studies in theory and analysis of music after 1900
- DOI
- 10.4324/9781315268347
- ISBN
- 9781315268347; 9781138287259; 1315268345; 1138287253
- eISBN
- 1315268345; 9781315268347; 9781351975797; 135197579X; 9781351975780; 1351975781
- Publisher
- Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group; London; New York
- Number of pages
- xviii, 282 pages
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2018
- Academic Unit
- School of Music
- Record Identifier
- 9983903695202771
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