Table of Contents

1. Prelude; 2. Verklärte nacht; 3. Before erwartung; 4. Erwartung; 5. After erwartung.

Promotional Information

Synthesises and refocuses the wealth of recent research into two of Arnold Schoenberg's major compositions from the years 1899–1909.

About the Author

Arnold Whittall is Professor Emeritus of Musical Theory & Analysis at King's College London. His most recent books are The Wagner Style (2015) and British Music after Britten (2020) and he is co-translator of Pierre Boulez's Music Lessons: The Collège de France Lectures (2018).