1st Edition

The Musical Thought and Spiritual Lives of Heinrich Schenker and Arnold Schoenberg

By Matthew Arndt Copyright 2018
302 Pages
by Routledge

302 Pages 100 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

302 Pages 100 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book examines the origin, content, and development of the musical thought of Heinrich Schenker and Arnold Schoenberg. One of the premises is that Schenker’s and Schoenberg’s inner musical lives are inseparable from their inner spiritual lives. Curiously, Schenker and Schoenberg start out in much the same musical-spiritual place, yet musically they split while spiritually they grow closer.... Read more

Part 1: Schenker’s and Schoenberg’s Thinking About Music 1. The Eye of the Genius 2. The Obstacle of Interruption 3. The Trouble with Problems Part 2: Schenker’s and Schoenberg’s Thinking In Music 4. Schenker the Progressive 5. The Cold Shoulder 6. Zeroing In and Zeroing Out 7. The Turning Point

Biography

Matthew Arndt, Associate Professor of Music Theory at the University of Iowa, holds a PhD from the University of Wisconsin・Madison, an MM from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and a BA with honors from Lewis & Clark College. He has previously taught at Mercer University, Lawrence University, and the University of Wisconsin・Madison. Professor Arndt primarily studies the application of insights from the history of music theory to music theory pedagogy, analysis, and criticism. He also studies technical aspects of sacred music from the Republic of Georgia.