Schoenberg and his circle : a Viennese portrait / Joan Allen Smith
by Smith, Joan Allen
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 0028726200
- ISBN 13
- 9780028726205
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About This Item
New York London : Schirmer Books ; Collier Macmillan, 1986. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 319 pp. 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. Contents; Part 1 : The cultural ambience -- Schoenberg's Vienna -- Kraus, Loos, and Kokoschka -- Part 2 : Performance -- Early performances -- Verein fr Musikalische Privatauffrungen -- Performance practices -- Part 3 : Teaching -- Schoenberg's teaching -- The Schwarzwald School -- Part 4 : The twelve-tone method -- Interruptions -- The twelve-tone method -- Part 5 : The Berlin years -- The Prussian Academy of Fine Arts -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1 : Society for Private Musical Performances in Vienna -- Appendix 2 : States of the Society for Private Musical Performances in Vienna -- Appendix 3 : Programs and pieces performed by the Society. Subjects; Schoenberg, Arnold 1874-1951 Criticism and interpretation. Music Austria Vienna 20th century History and criticism. Twelve-tone system.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 409776
- Title
- Schoenberg and his circle : a Viennese portrait / Joan Allen Smith
- Author
- Smith, Joan Allen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0028726200
- ISBN 13
- 9780028726205
- Publisher
- New York London : Schirmer Books ; Collier Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1986
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