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100 1 a| Berg, Alban,d| 1885-1935e| correspondent.=| ^A26329;

240 10 a| Correspondence.k| Selections.l| English=| ^A26329;

245 14 a| The Berg-Schoenberg correspondence :b| selected letters /c| edited by Juliane Brand, Christopher Hailey, and Donald Harris.;

250 a| 1st edition.;

300 a| xxviii, 497 pages :b| illustrations, music ;c| 24 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

500 a| Translated from the German.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| The letters: 1906-1915 ; 1916-1925 ; 1926-1935.;

520 a| Few figures have influenced 20th-century music as much as Arnold Schoenberg and Alban Berg. Their letters, one of the most important sources of information about the background to their music, are here published for the first time. The editors have transcribed, translated and annotated more than 800 letters and from this vast body of material have selected 370 that reflect the lives and times of these two great composers. The letters reveal much about the relationship between Berg and Schoenberg: first as pupil and teacher, then as friends and finally, after the premier of Wozzeck, as colleagues and peers. They also shed light on the reasons for Schoenberg's move to Berlin in 1911, the intrigue behind the early demise of the Society for Private Musical Performance, and Schoenberg's feigned indifference to the success of Wozzeck. Schoenberg describes his first years in America and the correspondence ends with Berg's death in 1935. The letters are fully annotated and supplemented with appendices, facsimiles and many photographs.;

600 10 a| Berg, Alban,d| 1885-1935v| Correspondence.=| ^A26329;

600 10 a| Schoenberg, Arnold,d| 1874-1951v| Correspondence.=| ^A18534;

650 0 a| Composersz| Austriav| Correspondence.=| ^A460271;

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650 0 a| Musicy| 20th centuryx| History and criticism.=| ^A147357;

700 1 a| Schoenberg, Arnold,d| 1874-1951.=| ^A18534;

700 1 a| Brand, Juliane,e| editor.=| ^A219891;

700 1 a| Hailey, Christopher,e| editor.=| ^A219892;

700 1 a| Harris, Donald,e| editor.=| ^A73887;

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The Berg-Schoenberg correspondence : selected letters / edited by Juliane Brand, Christopher Hailey, and Donald Harris.

Author/creator	Berg, Alban correspondent.
Format	Book
Edition	1st edition.
Publication Info	New York : W.W. Norton, ©1987.
Description	xxviii, 497 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm
Subjects	Berg, Alban, 1885-1935--Correspondence. Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951--Correspondence. Composers--Austria. --Correspondence. Composers--Correspondence. Music--20th century. --History and criticism.

Other author/creator	Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951.
Other author/creator	Brand, Juliane, editor.
Other author/creator	Hailey, Christopher, editor.
Other author/creator	Harris, Donald, editor.
Uniform title	Correspondence. Selections. English
Contents	The letters: 1906-1915 ; 1916-1925 ; 1926-1935.
Abstract	Few figures have influenced 20th-century music as much as Arnold Schoenberg and Alban Berg. Their letters, one of the most important sources of information about the background to their music, are here published for the first time. The editors have transcribed, translated and annotated more than 800 letters and from this vast body of material have selected 370 that reflect the lives and times of these two great composers. The letters reveal much about the relationship between Berg and Schoenberg: first as pupil and teacher, then as friends and finally, after the premier of Wozzeck, as colleagues and peers. They also shed light on the reasons for Schoenberg's move to Berlin in 1911, the intrigue behind the early demise of the Society for Private Musical Performance, and Schoenberg's feigned indifference to the success of Wozzeck. Schoenberg describes his first years in America and the correspondence ends with Berg's death in 1935. The letters are fully annotated and supplemented with appendices, facsimiles and many photographs.
General note	Translated from the German.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	86008346
ISBN	0393019195 :

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