Table of Contents

Preface Introduction by Bryan R. Simms The Second Viennese School as a Historical Concept by Joseph Auner Musical Culture in Vienna at the Turn of the Twentieth Century by Margaret Notley Wiener Moderne and the Tensions of Modernism by Dagmar Barnouw Arnold Schoenberg by Bryan R. Simms Alban Berg by David Schroeder Anton Webern by Anne C. Shreffler The Legacy of the Second Viennese School by Jonathan W. Bernard Bibliography Index

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A thorough information source on the lives and works of the three composers comprising the Second Viennese School, Schoenberg, Berg, and Webern.

About the Author

Bryan R. Simms is Professor of Music at the University of Southern California where he is also the director of graduate studies in the school of music./e He specializes in music and twentieth-century music theory.

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?Simms makes an invaluable contribution to the literature...because it provides illuminating background information. Simms sorts the excellent bibliography into general studies and musical studies.?-Choice

"Simms makes an invaluable contribution to the literature...because it provides illuminating background information. Simms sorts the excellent bibliography into general studies and musical studies."-Choice