SCHOENBERG, Arnold 1874-1951

[Op. 15]. 15 Gedichte aus "Das Buch der hängenden gärten" [Piano-vocal score]

von Stefan George, version française de Jean Casson et Max Deutsch. Gesang und Klavier.

Wien: Universal-Edition [PN U.E. 5338], 1952.

Small folio. Full dark green cloth, titling gilt to spine. 3ff. (title, texts), 3-37, [1] (blank) pp. Text in German and French.

Binding slightly rubbed. Minor browning to edges.

First French Edition. Rufer (E), p. 32.

"With its free atonal style, elegant concision, and structuring through the use of developing variation, the Op. 15 is a marker in Schönberg’s repertoire—particularly through the new world of freedom afforded by atonality. Indeed, the “emancipation of the dissonance” is a principle that would not only influence Schönberg’s evolution as a composer, but, as history has shown, would lead to one of the most significant advancements in all of Western music. The subsequent realization of the principle of atonality foreshadowed the advent of the 12-tone method in 1920, which in turn opened the gateway to a new world of sound." Charles Stratford © Arnold Schönberg Center.

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