Table of Contents

List of Illustrations 
More Acknowledgments 
ONE. From Wozzeck to Lulu 
TWO. The Lulu Plays and the Libretto 
THREE. The Formal Design 
FOUR. The Musical Language of Lulu 
FIVE. The Last Years 
SIX. "Eins nach dem Andern" 
Bibliography 
General Index 
Index of Examples

About the Author

George Perle is a distinguished composer and Professor Emeritus of Music at the City University of New York. His books include Serial Composition and Atonality: An Introduction to the Music of Schoenberg, Berg, and Webern (Sixth Edition, California, 1991); The Operas of Alban Berg, Volume 1, Wozzeck (California, 1980) and Volume 2, Lulu (California, 1985); and The Listening Composer (California, 1990). He has been a recipient of the Pulitzer Prize and a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship.