MUTH 6680 "Webern's Creative Process"
Graham H. Phipps
Summer 2006
Materials to be consulted:
* Schoenberg, Arnold. Theory of Harmony. Translated by Roy E. Carter. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1978.
* Idem. Harmonielehre. Vienna, 1911. [First edition (in rare book collection in Willis Library)]
* Idem. Harmonielehre. Third Edition. Vienna, 1922.
* Webern, Anton. The Path to the New Music. Edited by Willi Reich. Translated by Leo Black. Bryn Mawr, Pa.: Theodore Presser Company, 1963.
* Idem. Der Weg zur neuen Musik – Der Weg zur Komposition in 12 Tönen. Herausgegeben von Willi Reich. Vienna: Universal Edition, 1960.
* Idem. Scores of all opus numbers from 1-31.
* Idem. Documentary copies of compositional sketches and row charts for Opp. 17-31.
* Idem. Published scores for opp. 17-31 with Webern/s markings.
* Miscellaneous notes from the Webern Archive and Pierpont Morgan Library.
Schedule:
The pedagogical background
Discussion over the following reading material:
* Schoenberg, Theory of Harmony, pp. 1-111. for Wednesday, July 12.
* Schoenberg, Theory of Harmony, pp. 112-206 for Monday, July 17
* Schoenberg, Theory of Harmony, pp. 207-344. for Wednesday, July 19.
* Schoenberg, Theory of Harmony, pp. 345-433 for Monday, July 24.
During this time, you should also read: Webern, The Path to the New Music and listen to each of the works of Webern from op. 1 to op. 31 and become familiar with the appearance of musical scores, especially of opp. 17-31.