Schoenberg: Why He Matters
(eAudiobook)
Description
An astonishingly lyrical biography that rescues Schoenberg from notoriety, restoring him to his rightful place in the pantheon of twentieth-century composers. In his time, the Austrian American composer Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) was an international icon. His twelve-tone system was considered the future of music itself. Today, however, leading orchestras rarely play his works, and his name is met with apathy, if not antipathy. With this interpretative account, the acclaimed biographer of Toscanini finally restores Schoenberg to his rightful place in the canon, revealing him as one of the twentieth century's most influential composers and teachers. Sachs shows how Schoenberg, a thorny character who composed thorny works, raged against the "Procrustean bed" of tradition. Defying his critics-among them the Nazis, who described his music as "degenerate"-he constantly battled the anti-Semitism that eventually precipitated his flight from Europe to Los Angeles. Yet Schoenberg, synthesizing Wagnerian excess with Brahmsian restraint, created a shock wave that never quite subsided, and, as Sachs powerfully argues, his compositions must be confronted by anyone interested in the past, present, or future of Western music.
Subjects
More Details
Notes
Reviews from GoodReads
Citations
Sachs, H., & Boehmer, P. (2023). Schoenberg: Why He Matters. Unabridged. [United States], Tantor Media, Inc.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Sachs, Harvey and Paul, Boehmer. 2023. Schoenberg: Why He Matters. [United States], Tantor Media, Inc.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Sachs, Harvey and Paul, Boehmer, Schoenberg: Why He Matters. [United States], Tantor Media, Inc, 2023.
MLA Citation (style guide)Sachs, Harvey, and Paul Boehmer. Schoenberg: Why He Matters. Unabridged. [United States], Tantor Media, Inc, 2023.
Staff View
Hoopla Extract Information
hooplaId | 16010399 |
---|---|
title | Schoenberg |
language | |
kind | AUDIOBOOK |
series | |
season | |
publisher | |
price | 2.89 |
active | 1 |
pa | |
profanity | |
children | |
demo | |
duration | |
rating | |
abridged | |
fiction | |
purchaseModel | INSTANT |
dateLastUpdated | Aug 31, 2024 06:32:53 PM |
Record Information
Last File Modification Time | Sep 02, 2024 10:31:08 PM |
---|---|
Last Grouped Work Modification Time | Sep 14, 2024 12:52:54 AM |
MARC Record
LEADER | 02875nim a22004575a 4500 | ||
---|---|---|---|
001 | MWT16011537 | ||
003 | MWT | ||
005 | 20240807080423.1 | ||
006 | m o h | ||
007 | sz zunnnnnuned | ||
007 | cr nnannnuuuua | ||
008 | 240807o2023 xxunnn eo z n eng d | ||
020 | |a 9798350848038 |q (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) | ||
028 | 4 | 2 | |a MWT16011537 |
029 | |a https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ttm_9798350848038_180.jpeg | ||
037 | |a 16011537 |b Midwest Tape, LLC |n http://www.midwesttapes.com | ||
040 | |a Midwest |e rda | ||
099 | |a eAudiobook hoopla | ||
100 | 1 | |a Sachs, Harvey, |e author. | |
245 | 1 | 0 | |a Schoenberg : |b Why He Matters |h [electronic resource] / |c Harvey Sachs. |
250 | |a Unabridged. | ||
264 | 1 | |a [United States] : |b Tantor Media, Inc., |c 2023. | |
264 | 2 | |b Made available through hoopla | |
300 | |a 1 online resource (1 audio file (8hr., 26 min.)) : |b digital. | ||
336 | |a spoken word |b spw |2 rdacontent | ||
337 | |a computer |b c |2 rdamedia | ||
338 | |a online resource |b cr |2 rdacarrier | ||
344 | |a digital |h digital recording |2 rda | ||
347 | |a data file |2 rda | ||
506 | |a Instant title available through hoopla. | ||
511 | 1 | |a Read by Paul Boehmer. | |
520 | |a An astonishingly lyrical biography that rescues Schoenberg from notoriety, restoring him to his rightful place in the pantheon of twentieth-century composers. In his time, the Austrian American composer Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) was an international icon. His twelve-tone system was considered the future of music itself. Today, however, leading orchestras rarely play his works, and his name is met with apathy, if not antipathy. With this interpretative account, the acclaimed biographer of Toscanini finally restores Schoenberg to his rightful place in the canon, revealing him as one of the twentieth century's most influential composers and teachers. Sachs shows how Schoenberg, a thorny character who composed thorny works, raged against the "Procrustean bed" of tradition. Defying his critics-among them the Nazis, who described his music as "degenerate"-he constantly battled the anti-Semitism that eventually precipitated his flight from Europe to Los Angeles. Yet Schoenberg, synthesizing Wagnerian excess with Brahmsian restraint, created a shock wave that never quite subsided, and, as Sachs powerfully argues, his compositions must be confronted by anyone interested in the past, present, or future of Western music. | ||
538 | |a Mode of access: World Wide Web. | ||
650 | 0 | |a Composers. | |
650 | 0 | |a Music. | |
650 | 0 | |a Musicians. | |
650 | 0 | |a History. | |
700 | 1 | |a Boehmer, Paul, |e reader. | |
710 | 2 | |a hoopla digital. | |
856 | 4 | 0 | |u https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/16010399?utm_source=MARC&Lid=hh4435 |z Instantly available on hoopla. |
856 | 4 | 2 | |z Cover image |u https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ttm_9798350848038_180.jpeg |