{"product_id":"schoenbergs-correspondence-with-alma-mahler-9780195381962","title":"Schoenberg's Correspondence with Alma Mahler","description":"A fresh perspective on two well-known personalities, \u003cem\u003eSchoenberg's Correspondence with Alma Mahler\u003c\/em\u003e documents a modern music friendship beginning in\u003cem\u003e fin-de-siécle\u003c\/em\u003e Vienna and ending in 1950s Los Angeles. This volume is the first English-language edition of the complete extant correspondence in\u003cbr\u003enew English translations from the original German, many from new transcriptions of handwritten originals, and it is the first English-language book of Schoenberg's correspondence with a female associate. These often quite candid letters afford readers a fascinating glimpse into the personalities, \u003cbr\u003eideologies, institutions, protocols, and aesthetics of early twentieth-century European music culture. Critics, conductors, composers, and visual artists are appraised, kindly or venomously; visual artists and writers also appear. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAbove all, Alma Mahler (1879-1964) and Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) emerge as intriguing, complex individuals who transcend their conventional representations as, respectively, a \u003cem\u003efemme fatale\u003c\/em\u003e and a musical radical. For Schoenberg, Alma was a sympathetic confidante, a comrade in their shared battle\u003cbr\u003eagainst musical conservatism, yet also a canny negotiator of Vienna's social circles, a skill that brought Schoenberg into contact with important patrons. Not only did he invite Alma to his premieres, lectures, and art exhibitions, but Schoenberg also sent her scores of his music and drafts of his\u003cbr\u003ewritings. He revealed to her his plans for his innovative new music society, the Society for Private Music Performances, and his development of a new method of composition with twelve tones. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe letters remind us of how crucial the social and personal dimensions of music culture were to the early twentieth-century composers and musicians. Gender, ethnicity, and social class conditioned their opportunities in music---and in life---and their shared experience of fleeing fascism to a new\u003cbr\u003ecountry with a different culture and language resonates with our own epoch.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elizabeth Keathley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/14\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.30w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780195381962\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElizabeth L. Keathley \u003c\/strong\u003eresearches the nexus of gender and modernity in 20th- and 21st-century music cultures. She has published in journals and collections in Europe and the U.S. on topics including Schoenberg's\u003cem\u003e Erwartung\u003c\/em\u003e; modernist women performers and patrons; Bernstein's \u003cem\u003eTrouble in Tahiti\u003c\/em\u003e; and\u003cbr\u003eEminem's \"murder ballads.\" She teaches Music History and Women's and Gender Studies at UNCG. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarilyn L. McCoy\u003c\/strong\u003e, a specialist in the music of Gustav Mahler, is a popular pre-concert lecturer who has spoken at many venues, including Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, Disney Hall, and Boston's Symphony Hall. Her joint podcast with Aaron Cohen of New York Public Radio, \"Embracing Everything: The\u003cbr\u003eWorld of Gustav Mahler,\" debuts in 2019. She teaches music history at Columbia University and Barnard College.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39930772160627,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_f459c64b-f7dd-446d-9903-d941f85d19c5.jpg?v=1647699458","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/schoenbergs-correspondence-with-alma-mahler-9780195381962","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}