Schoenberg

"Few authors have written more memorably on music than Harvey Sachs.--Simon Williams, author of Wagner and the Romantic Hero Finally, an eminently readable book on Arnold Schoenberg's life and influence, equally accessible for practicing musicians and casual classical music fans. Sachs has threaded the needle perfectly, elucidating one of the great paradoxes of classical music and posing an unanswered question: Will the composer's monumental influence on the twentieth century return in the twenty-first?--James Conlon, music director of the Los Angeles Opera I, too, was ambivalent when it came to the works of Arnold Schoenberg. But Harvey Sachs puts everything into perspective, both historically and musically--making the reader want to enter the fascinating mind of this remarkable composer. Written in a style that is thorough but accessible, this book is a must-read for anyone who wishes to have a fuller understanding of a composer who changed the face of music.--Leonard Slatkin, internationally acclaimed conductor Schoenberg: Why He Matters makes the case for Schoenberg's importance in the avant-garde canon, arguing that anyone who cares about 20th-century classical music needs to care about Arnold Schoenberg.-- ""Literary Hub"""