{"product_id":"9781400836475","title":"Alban Berg and His World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlban Berg and His World\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of essays and source material that repositions Berg as the pivotal figure of Viennese musical modernism. His allegiance to the austere rigor of Arnold Schoenberg's musical revolution was balanced by a lifelong devotion to the warm sensuousness of Viennese musical tradition and a love of lyric utterance, the emotional intensity of opera, and the expressive nuance of late-Romantic tonal practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e  The essays in this collection explore the specific qualities of Berg's brand of musical modernism, and present newly translated letters and documents that illuminate his relationship to the politics and culture of his era. Of particular significance are the first translations of Berg's newly discovered stage work \u003ci\u003eNight (Nocturne)\u003c\/i\u003e, Hermann Watznauer's intimate account of Berg's early years, and the famous memorial issue of the music periodical 23. Contributors consider Berg's fascination with palindromes and mirror images and their relationship to notions of time and identity; the Viennese roots of his distinctive orchestral style; his links to such Viennese contemporaries as Alexander Zemlinsky, Franz Schreker, and Erich Wolfgang Korngold; and his attempts to maneuver through the perilous shoals of gender, race, and fascist politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e  The contributors are Antony Beaumont, Leon Botstein, Regina Busch, Nicholas Chadwick, Mark DeVoto, Douglas Jarman, Sherry Lee, and Margaret Notley.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eBard Music Festival: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e Berg and His World\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBard College\u003cbr\u003eAnnandale-on-Hudson, New York\u003cbr\u003eAugust 13-15, 2010 and August 20-22, 2010\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47174834716912,"sku":"9781400836475","price":38.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781400836475_p0.jpg?v=1763712940","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781400836475","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}