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Intended for the novice musician, this book offers
an introduction to the music and personal life of this
wonderful composer.Bruckner (Master Musicians). Derek Watson. New York:
Oxford University Press, 2001.
A concise book on the life and works of ‘God’s Musician.’Second Viennese School. Oliver Neighbour, Paul Griffiths and
George Perle. New York: W.W. Norton, 1998.
If you’d like to know more about Arnold Schoenberg,
Anton Weber and Alban Berg, and their revolutionary style
of music, this short book offers an explanation as well as
biographical accounts of the three men.Art
Vienna: 1890–1920. Robert Waissenberger. Secaucus:
Wellfleet Press, 1988.
This coffee-table book offers more than just beautiful
photographs and reproductions. The politics, arts,
architecture, music, and literature of this period are explained
in detailed essays complementing the illustrations.Art in Vienna: 1898–1918, Klimt, Kokoschka, Schiele and
their Contemporaries. Peter Vergo. Oxford: Phaidon Press
Ltd., 1994.
This large illustrated book captures the essence of the
ideological movement of the Secession toward the end
of the 19th century and how paintings, architecture and
the applied arts were all affected. Paintings by Klimt,
Kokoschka and Schiele are explained in detail, as are
the architecture and applied arts of Wagner, Olbrich, Loos
and Hoffman.Gustav Klimt. Gottfried Fliedl. Cologne and New York:
Taschen, 2003.
This large illustrated book on the life and works of Klimt
is an easily-read account of the progress and changing