Theory of Harmony

Arnold Schoenberg, Roy E. Carter, Walter Frisch

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California Uni Pr Trade
25 August 2010

Music; Theory of music & musicology

There is a new critical foreword by Walter Frisch, H. Harold Gumm/Harry and Albert von Tilzer Professor of Music at Columbia University, that expands this centennial edition. Frisch puts Schoenberg's masterpiece into historical and ideological context, delineating the connections between music, theory, art, science, and architecture in turn-of-the century Austro-German culture.

By: Arnold Schoenberg
Foreword by: Walter Frisch
Translated by: Roy E. Carter
Imprint: California Uni Pr Trade
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 2nd edition
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 178mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 953g
ISBN: 9780520266087
ISBN 10: 0520266080
Pages: 472
Publication Date: 25 August 2010
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951), renowned Austrian and American composer, musical theorist, painter, and teacher of composition, pioneered compositional and critical approaches to atonality that were landmarks in twentieth century musical thought.

Reviews for Theory of Harmony

Schoenberg's largest and most important treatise. . . . brilliant, wide-ranging yet well focused, expansive yet reflective, eclectic yet comprehensible . . . this book will come as a joy, a revelation. -- Notes