Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) is a pivotal figure of  musical  modernism. The "father of serialism" has influenced nearly every major  composer  of this century, and the idea of Schoenberg, now wild-eyed radical, now  embattled moralist, now lonely prophet, is woven into the mythos of  modern art.  What is more, the sites of his professional activityfin de sicle  Vienna, the  Berlin of the Weimar Republic, and his "exile to paradise" in Los  Angelesbring  home the representative quality of his life and works, which bear  witness to  some of the defining experiences of our time. This collection by leading Schoenberg scholars is an interdisciplinary  examination of the historical, aesthetic, and intellectual issues that  formed  Schoenberg's creative persona and continue to influence our response to  the  modernist legacy of the first half of this century. The book's first  section,  "Contexts," investigates Schoenberg's sense of ethnic, religious, and  cultural  identity. The second section, "Creations," focuses on specific works and  the  interplay between creative impulse and aesthetic articulation. The final  section, "Connections," addresses the relationship of Schoenberg's  legacy to  present-day thought and practice.

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