The Second String Quartet in F-Sharp Minor: Opus 10

by Arnold Schoenberg

For nearly a century, it has inspired composers, scholars, critics, performers, and visual artists. Severine Neff re-creates for her readers the quartet's historical, cultural, and musical background-its introduction of the human voice, its genesis during a personal crisis in the composer's life, the scandal at its premiere, and its endlessly controversial reception, both critical and analytic. This volume includes a newly edited, authoritative score...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393978028
• ISBN13: 9780393978025
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 8.3"