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Schoenbergs Atonal Music
Award-winningauthorJackBossreturnswiththe“prequel”toSchoenberg’s
Twelve-ToneMusic(Cambridge,2014)demonstratingthattheterm“atonal”is
meaningfulindescribingSchoenberg’smusicfrom1908to1921.Thisbookshows
howSchoenberg’satonalmusiccanbeunderstoodintermsofsuccessionsofpitch
andrhythmicmotivesandpitch-classsetsthatfleshoutthelargeframeworksof
“musicalidea”and“basicimage.”Italsoexplainshowtonality,afterlosingits
structuralroleinSchoenberg’smusicafter1908,beginstoreappearnotlongafter
asanoccasionalexpressivedevice.Likeitspredecessor,Schoenberg’sAtonalMusic
containsclosereadingsofrepresentativeworks,includingtheOp.11andOp.19
PianoPieces,theOp.15George-Lieder,themonodramaErwartung,andPierrot
lunaire.Theseanalysesareillustratedbyrichlydetailedmusicexamples,revealing
theunderlyinglogicofsomeofSchoenberg’smostdifficultpiecesofmusic.
jack boss isProfessorofMusicTheoryandCompositionattheUniversityof
Oregon.Hispreviousbook,Schoenberg’sTwelve-ToneMusic:Symmetryandthe
MusicalIdea(Cambridge,2014)receivedtheWallaceBerryAwardfromthe
SocietyforMusicTheoryin2015.HisarticlescanbefoundintheJournalofMusic
Theory,MusicTheorySpectrum,PerspectivesofNewMusic,MusicTheoryOnline,
MusicAnalysis,Intégral,andGamut.
MusicSince1900
generaleditor ArnoldWhittall
Thisseries–formerlyMusicintheTwentiethCentury–offersawideperspective
onmusicandmusicallifesincetheendofthenineteenthcentury.Booksincluded
rangefromhistoricalandbiographicalstudiesconcentratingparticularlyonthe
contextandcircumstancesinwhichcomposerswerewriting,toanalyticaland
criticalstudiesconcernedwiththenatureofmusicallanguageandquestionsof
compositionalprocess.Theimportancegiventocontextwillalsobereflectedin
studiesdealingwith,forexample,thepatronage,publishing,andpromotionofnew
music,andinaccountsofthemusicallifeofparticularcountries.
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MusicalWitnessandHolocaustRepresentation
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JackBoss
Schoenberg’s Atonal Music: Musical Idea, Basic Image, and Specters of Tonal
Function
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Schoenberg s Atonal Music
Musical Idea, Basic Image, and Specters
of Tonal Function
Jack Boss
UniversityofOregon
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