Schoenberg's Musical Imagination

List of music examples and figures viii Acknowledgements xv Introduction 1(19) A passing of worlds: Gurrelieder as Schoenberg's reluctant farewell to the nineteenth century 20(24) Dialectical opposition in Schoenberg's music and thought 44(24) Dramatic conflict in Pelleas und Melisande 68(87) Motive and memory in Schoenberg's First String Quartet 155(18) Uncanny expressions of time in the music of Arnold Schoenberg 173(57) The tone row as the source of dramatic conflict in Moses und Aron 230(69) The String Trio: metaleptic Schoenberg 299(41) Notes 340(44) Bibliography 384(6) General index --- names and topics 390(6) Index of Schoenberg's works and writings 396