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The Life of Webern

The Life of Webern

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  • Date Published: April 1998
  • availability: Available
  • format: Paperback
  • isbn: 9780521575669

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  • On 15 September, 1945 the composer Anton Webern was shot in confusing circumstances in a small mountain village near Salzburg, and the world lost a composer of extreme originality whose mature music was still almost unknown. When Webern's works did come to light he immediately became one of the most influential figures in music of the second half of this century. But the composer who was hailed as the originator of the hyperintellectualised serialism of the 1950s and 60s was by nature an ardent romantic who held feeling - and comprehensibility - to be important above all else in art. This book focuses on several aspects of Webern's life that have been treated only briefly in earlier accounts: his youthful instability, his often embarrassing dependence on Schoenberg, his naive nationalism and his absolute belief in the value of the brief moments of music he produced.

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    ' … a very welcome contribution to the Webern literature.' Judy Brown, Music and Letters

    ' … concise and clear-headed …'. David Schiff, The Times Literary Supplement

    ' … a refreshing account which demystifies Webern without losing sight of the peculiar qualities of his music …'. Julian Johnson, Musical Times

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    • Date Published: April 1998
    • format: Paperback
    • isbn: 9780521575669
    • length: 238 pages
    • dimensions: 216 x 138 x 16 mm
    • weight: 0.34kg
    • contains: 20 b/w illus.
    • availability: Available
  • Table of Contents

    Prologue
    1. 1883–1902 Childhood and school years
    2. 1902–8 Shaping forces
    3. 1908–14 Instability makes itself known
    4. 1914–21 Vacillations continue
    5. 1922–8 Changes of direction
    6. 1928–33 The path to new music
    7. 1933–8 Before the Anschluß
    8. 1938–45 After the Anschluß
    Epilogue.

  • Author

    Kathryn Bailey

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