Songs of the Second Viennese school
Subtitle: a performer's guide to selected solo vocal works
By: Loralee Songer
Contributors: Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951; Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951; Webern, Anton, 1883-1945; Webern, Anton, 1883-1945; Berg, Alban, 1885-1935; Berg, Alban, 1885-1935
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9781442271890; 9781442232976
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Second Viennese school (Group of composers); Vocal music; Sprechstimme; Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.); History and criticism; Criticism and interpretation; Songs
Notes: Appendix 1 (pages 63-249) catalogs selected songs, featuring information on each work's poet, key, range, as well as the lyrics in German with English translations.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-260), discography (pages 257-258), and indexes (index by catalog order; index by composition title; index by poet).
Table of contents: title: Historical and cultural review of the second Viennese school; title: Arnold Schoenberg. Compositional style : tonal and atonal periods ; Schoenberg as a teacher ; Representative work : Brettl-Lieder ; Representative work : Das Buch der hängenden Gärten, op. 15; title: Anton Webern. Compositional style : tonal and atonal periods ; Representative work : Drei Lieder, op. 25; title: Alban Berg. Compositional style : tonal and atonal periods ; Representative work : Vier Lieder, op. 2; title: Vocal and Rehearsal techniques. Interviews : vocal and rehearsal techniques ; Sprechstimme : approaches and applications; title: Conclusion. The influence of the second Viennese school; title: Appendix 1. Solo voice and piano catalog; title: Appendix 2. Sample recital programs.