Webern and the Transformation of Nature

ISBN-13: 9780521661492 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 286 str.

Julian Johnson

Opis

This book considers the idea of nature in the music of Anton Webern. It stands out from other studies because it explores the wider social and cultural dimensions of the music, as opposed to an often narrow, technical analysis. In doing so it offers an important case study for the way in which social ideas can be discussed in relation to apparently "abstract" modern music. Moreover, it does so in relation to musical details, not simply on the level of biography or cultural history.

Recenzje

'… Julian Johnson's engrossing new study … encourages a re-examination of the inner qualities of the music itself.' David Allenby, Musical Times

Spis treści

Acknowledgements; 1. The social construction of nature; 2. A maternal landscape: the early works (1899–1905); 3. Paradise lost: the Dehmel Lieder to Op. 11 (1906–14); 4. The transformation of memory: the vocal works Op. 12-Op. 19 (1914–26); 5. Ideal landscapes: the serial works Op. 20-Op. 31 (1926–43); 6. Webern, nature and modernism; Appendices; Notes; Select bibliography; Index.