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9781843839644 English 1843839644 Heinrich Schenker (1868-1935) ranks as the leading twentieth-century theorist and analyst of tonal music. His ideas have shaped higher education in music in the United States profoundly, and influenced music theorists there, in Europe, and throughout the world. Living and working in Vienna, Schenker maintained a vigorous correspondence with a wide circle of professional musicians, writers, music critics, institutions, administrators, patrons, friends and pupils. A large part of his correspondence was preserved after his death: some 7,000 letters, postcards, telegrams, etc., to and from 400 correspondents, spanning 1889-1935. In addition, his diaries, kept over the last forty years of his life in notebooks comprising 4,000 pages, not only record the fabric of his personal life and the running of his business as private music teacher; they also provide a detailed commentary on historical and political events. In short, these documents yield information about technical-musical matters and the musical life of Vienna, and also about the society, culture, and politics of his time. Heinrich Schenker: Selected Correspondence offers the full text of some 450 letters in English translation, organized into sections devoted to various aspects of his professional life. Each section is prefaced by an introduction, and all the letters are fully annotated. Extracts from the diaries are included to provide a summary of important parts of the correspondence that do not survive. IAN BENT is Professor Emeritus, after retiring from Full Professor of Music, at Columbia University and Honorary Professor in the History of Music Theory at the University of Cambridge. WILLIAM DRABKIN is Professor of Music at the University of Southampton. DAVID BRETHERTON is Senior Tutor in Music at the University of Southampton., The work of Heinrich Schenker (1868-1935), widely regarded as the most important music theorist of the twentieth century, has shaped the teaching of music theory in the United States profoundly and influenced theorists there, in Europe, and throughout the world. Living and working in Vienna, Schenker maintained a vigorous correspondence with a large circle of professional musicians, writers, music critics, institutions, administrators, patrons, friends, and pupils. A large part of his correspondence was preserved after his death: some 7,000 letters, postcards, telegrams, etc., to and from 400 correspondents. His diaries record the fabric of his personal life and his activities as a private music teacher and writer; they also provide a detailed commentary on historical and political events and offer a window on to the conditions of life in Vienna. Taken together, these documents contribute vividly to the picture of cultural life in Vienna, and elsewhere, from the perspective of a Jewish intellectual and his circle of musical and artistic friends. Heinrich Schenker: Selected Correspondence represents a concise edition of some of the theorist's most important and revelatory letters and diary entries. It offers the full text of some 450 letters in English translation, organized into sections devoted to various aspects of his professional life: teaching, writing, administration, and maintaining contact with an ever widening circle including Ferruccio Busoni, Julius Röntgen, Otto Erich Deutsch, Alphons von Rothschild, Paul von Klenau, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Paul Hindemith, Moriz Violin, John Petrie Dunn, and Hans Weisse. Extracts from the diaries provide a summary of important parts of the correspondence that do not survive. The volume includes a detailed exposition of the editorial method, biographical notes on correspondents, and a substantial general introduction. Each of the sections is prefaced by an introduction which provides essential historical context, and the letters and diary entries are fully annotated. IAN BENT is Emeritus Professor of Music at Columbia University in New York, and lives in the United Kingdom. DAVID BRETHERTON is Lecturer in Music at the University of Southampton. WILLIAM DRABKIN is Professor of Music at the University of Southampton. CONTRIBUTORS: Marko Deisinger, Martin Eybl, Christoph Hust, Kevin C. Karnes, John Koslovsky, Lee Rothfarb, John Rothgeb, Hedi Siegel, Arnold Whittall
9781843839644 English 1843839644 Heinrich Schenker (1868-1935) ranks as the leading twentieth-century theorist and analyst of tonal music. His ideas have shaped higher education in music in the United States profoundly, and influenced music theorists there, in Europe, and throughout the world. Living and working in Vienna, Schenker maintained a vigorous correspondence with a wide circle of professional musicians, writers, music critics, institutions, administrators, patrons, friends and pupils. A large part of his correspondence was preserved after his death: some 7,000 letters, postcards, telegrams, etc., to and from 400 correspondents, spanning 1889-1935. In addition, his diaries, kept over the last forty years of his life in notebooks comprising 4,000 pages, not only record the fabric of his personal life and the running of his business as private music teacher; they also provide a detailed commentary on historical and political events. In short, these documents yield information about technical-musical matters and the musical life of Vienna, and also about the society, culture, and politics of his time. Heinrich Schenker: Selected Correspondence offers the full text of some 450 letters in English translation, organized into sections devoted to various aspects of his professional life. Each section is prefaced by an introduction, and all the letters are fully annotated. Extracts from the diaries are included to provide a summary of important parts of the correspondence that do not survive. IAN BENT is Professor Emeritus, after retiring from Full Professor of Music, at Columbia University and Honorary Professor in the History of Music Theory at the University of Cambridge. WILLIAM DRABKIN is Professor of Music at the University of Southampton. DAVID BRETHERTON is Senior Tutor in Music at the University of Southampton., The work of Heinrich Schenker (1868-1935), widely regarded as the most important music theorist of the twentieth century, has shaped the teaching of music theory in the United States profoundly and influenced theorists there, in Europe, and throughout the world. Living and working in Vienna, Schenker maintained a vigorous correspondence with a large circle of professional musicians, writers, music critics, institutions, administrators, patrons, friends, and pupils. A large part of his correspondence was preserved after his death: some 7,000 letters, postcards, telegrams, etc., to and from 400 correspondents. His diaries record the fabric of his personal life and his activities as a private music teacher and writer; they also provide a detailed commentary on historical and political events and offer a window on to the conditions of life in Vienna. Taken together, these documents contribute vividly to the picture of cultural life in Vienna, and elsewhere, from the perspective of a Jewish intellectual and his circle of musical and artistic friends. Heinrich Schenker: Selected Correspondence represents a concise edition of some of the theorist's most important and revelatory letters and diary entries. It offers the full text of some 450 letters in English translation, organized into sections devoted to various aspects of his professional life: teaching, writing, administration, and maintaining contact with an ever widening circle including Ferruccio Busoni, Julius Röntgen, Otto Erich Deutsch, Alphons von Rothschild, Paul von Klenau, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Paul Hindemith, Moriz Violin, John Petrie Dunn, and Hans Weisse. Extracts from the diaries provide a summary of important parts of the correspondence that do not survive. The volume includes a detailed exposition of the editorial method, biographical notes on correspondents, and a substantial general introduction. Each of the sections is prefaced by an introduction which provides essential historical context, and the letters and diary entries are fully annotated. IAN BENT is Emeritus Professor of Music at Columbia University in New York, and lives in the United Kingdom. DAVID BRETHERTON is Lecturer in Music at the University of Southampton. WILLIAM DRABKIN is Professor of Music at the University of Southampton. CONTRIBUTORS: Marko Deisinger, Martin Eybl, Christoph Hust, Kevin C. Karnes, John Koslovsky, Lee Rothfarb, John Rothgeb, Hedi Siegel, Arnold Whittall