Op. 34: Evidence of Arnold Schoenberg's Musikalische Gedanke
Description:
Composition for Arnold Schoenberg is a comprehensible presentation of a musical idea (musikalische Gedanke); the totality of a piece represents the idea. For tonal works, he defines Gedanke as a process of resolving the "tonal relation" or "tonal problem." Contrary to the numerous tonal examples illustrating the notion of Gedanke, Schoenberg hardly expounds on the Gedanke principle for his atonal and twelve-tone repertoires. This study reevaluates Schoenberg's compositional philosophy and aes…
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Date:
May 2004
Creator:
Fukuchi, Hidetoshi
Partner:
UNT Libraries