Arnold Schoenberg

by Charles Rosen

Book Overview

In this lucid, revealing book, award-winning pianist and scholar Charles Rosen sheds light on the elusive music of Arnold Schoenberg and his challenge to conventional musical forms. Rosen argues that Schoenberg's music, with its atonality and dissonance, possesses a rare balance of form and emotion, making it, according to Rosen, "the most expressive music ever written." Concise and accessible, this book will appeal to fans, non-fans, and scholars...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B00A2LTT90
• ISBN13: 9780226726434
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.2" x 8.0"