Alban Berg Knihy

This edition features the first-ever publication of Alban Berg's Piano Sonata op. 1, transcribed specifically for guitar duo. The transcription is based on Berg's later revised version, skillfully prepared by Gangolf Hontheim, offering a fresh interpretation of this significant work.

In December 1945, Thomas Mann and Theodor Adorno engaged in a significant correspondence exploring the creative tension between literary tradition and modernism, particularly regarding Mann's novel Doctor Faustus. Their letters discuss Mann's admiration for Adorno's work and touch on personal themes, including postwar Germany. The volume includes extensive annotations for context.

Pro Mundo - Pro Domo: The Writings of Alban Berg contains new English translations of the complete writings of the Viennese composer Alban Berg (1885-1935) and extensive commentaries tracing the history of each essay and its connection to musical culture of the early twentieth century. Berg is now recognized as a classic composer of the modern period, best known for his operas Wozzeck and Lulu. Berg, Anton Webern, and their teacher Arnold Schoenberg constitute the "Second Viennese School" which played a major role in the transformation of serious music as it entered the modern period. Berg was an avid and skillful writer. His essays include analytic studies of compositions by Schoenberg, polemics on music and musicians of his day, and lectures and miscellaneous writings on a variety of topics. Throughout his considerable and diverse corpus of writings, Berg alternates between two perspectives: Pro Mundo - Pro Domo, meaning roughly "speaking for all - speaking for myself" commenting at one moment on the general state of culture and the world, and the next moment on his own works. In his early years he also tried his hand at fictional writing, using works by Ibsen and Strindberg as models. This new English edition contains 47 essays, many of which are little known and have not been previously available in English.

Arnold Schoenberg and Alban Berg's letters are published here. The editors have transcribed, translated and annotated more than 800 letters and have selected 370 that reflect the lives and times of these two composers.