Publisher's Note As well as illuminating writings about himself and his music, this book includes Schoenberg's studies of many composers and his reflections on art and society.
This is the first paperback edition of one of the most influential collections of musical essays ever published. Leonard Stein, who was Schoenberg's assistant and editor of his books on theory and composition, scrutinized the whole of the composer's literary legacy before making his selection of over a hundred essays.