Schoenberg
Why He Matters
First published 2023
Reception
Rave reviews. 4 of 6 critics gave a rave.
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“A model of concision—a concentrated meditation instead of a panorama. It may be recommended for anybody with an interest in the work of the Viennese-American composer Arnold Schoenberg”
2 more quotes
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“[Sachs] is a sterling example of the good old-fashioned and sadly vanishing ‘music appreciation’ writer, albeit with a sophisticated command of the historical and political back story”
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“Lucid”
- 2023 The New Yorker, best books of 2023
Nonfiction · Also recommended.
- 2026
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Air of Another Planet
Schoenberg looked backward and forward. In his commitment to perpetuating the Austro-German canon, he drew on the compositional techniques of his predecessors: the counterpoint of Bach, the classical forms of Mozart, the motivic working of Brahms, the tonal expansion of Wagner. And he…
By Laura Tunbridge
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Catalogue record
Liveright Publishing, 2025 · 272 pages
- Publisher
- Liveright Publishing, 2025
- Pages
- 272
- Dewey
- 780.92
- ISBN
- 978-1-324-09619-1
Full recordClose
- Publisher
- Liveright Publishing, 2025
- Pages
- 272
- Dewey
- 780.92
- ISBN
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- 978-1-324-09619-1
- Author
- Sachs, Harvey
- Statement
- Schoenberg : Why He Matters / Harvey Sachs.
- Records
- Open Library
- 2020s