Alban Berg
Alban Berg
Christopher Hailey
Juliane Brand
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USDAdorno's study of Austrian composer Alban Berg (1885-1935) is a sui generis document. In addition to Adorno's personal account of of the life and musical works of his mentor, friend, and composition teacher, the book explores the historical and cultural significance of Berg's music, its relationship to that of other nineteenth- and twentieth-century composers, and to the larger issues of contemporary life.
- The author of this book is almost as famous as its subject
- Known to most people as a philosopher and sociologist, T. W. Adorno also studied composition with Schoenberg, alongside Webern and Berg
- The book was first published in German in 1968 and brings together most of Adorno's earlier writing on his fellow students
Reviews & endorsements
"...anyone with more than a passing interest in Berg must read it." American Record Guide
"Theodor Adorno's study of his teacher Alban Berg is a remarkable document; a personal memoir and a study of the composer's works, it is also something more; a revelation of Adorno's belief that modern philosophy ought to be modelled on modern music. Adorno's Berg, one of his most provocative books, has been beautifully translated and edited by Juliane Brand and Christopher Hailey....Adorno's Berg is a book of great importance. For it is in this book that we can understand how Adorno became, as it were, greater than himself." Richard Sennett, Times Literary Supplement
"This is a major addition to the Berg bibliography." Choice
Product details
November 1994Paperback
9780521338844
176 pages
229 × 153 × 15 mm
0.3kg
Available
Table of Contents
- Translators' introduction
- A note on the translation
- Preface
- Tone Reminiscence
- The works
- Analysis and Berg
- Piano sonata
- Seven Early Songs
- First String Quartet
- The Altenberg Songs
- Clarinet pieces
- Orchestral pieces
- Towards a characterisation of Wozzeck
- Epilogomena to the Chamber Concerto
- Lyric Suite
- Der Wein
- Experiences with Lulu
- About the text
- Afterword
- Adorno's principal writings on Berg
- Index.
