Alban Berg and His World by Christopher Hailey

Alban Berg and His World by Christopher Hailey

A collection of essays and source material that repositions Berg as the pivotal figure of Viennese musical modernism. It explores the specific qualities of Berg's brand of musical modernism, and present translated letters and documents that illuminate his relationship to the politics and culture of his era.

"Hailey's introductory chapter is remarkable for the amount of evocative and trenchant detail he has managed to offer in a small space; it may well be the best writing about this milieu since Carl Schorske's Fin-de-Siecle Vienna thirty years ago.. It is an unexpected delight that a real portrait emerges in this volume."--William R. Braun, Opera News "[This collection] should be welcomed ... as one of the most important and perceptive books on Berg to appear for many years."--Nicholas Baragwanath, Music and Letters "These translations alone make this a valuable contribution to our understanding of Berg the man as well as to Berg the composer."--Contemporary Review

Christopher Hailey is the author of a biography of Franz Schreker and an editor of the German and English editions of the Berg/Schoenberg correspondence. He has published editions of scores by Berg and Schreker and is a cotranslator of Theodor Adorno's biography of Berg.

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ISBN 13	9780691148564
ISBN 10	0691148562
Title	Alban Berg and His World
Author	Christopher Hailey
Series	The Bard Music Festival
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Princeton University Press
Year published	2010-08-29
Number of pages	392
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