Form in Berg’s Sketches for Lulu”; and Leo Treitler, “The Lulu Character and
Character of Lulu.”
530.The Berg Companion. Ed. Douglas Jarman. Boston: Northeastern U.P., 1990.
301p. ISBN 1-55553-068-0. ML410 .B47 B53.
Four of the 13 essays in this anthology are about the operas: George Perle,
“The First Four Notes of Lulu”; Derrick Puffett, “Berg and German Opera”;
Patricia Hall, “The Sketches for Lulu”; Friedrich Cerha, “Some Further Notes
on My Realization of Act III of Lulu.”See also Hall (#537).
Biographies
- Reich, Willi. The Life and Works of Alban Berg.Trans. Cornelius Cardew.
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1965. 239p. ISBN 0-8443-0078-0.
ML410 .B47 R3973.
Originally Alban Berg: Leben und Work(Zurich: Atlantis, 1963). Reich, a
pupil of Berg’s, has been regarded as his official biographer; this book includes
a life story and edited versions of writings by Berg about Wozzeckand other
works. Reich’s own attempts at structural analysis seem rudimentary and
oblivious to the studies by other scholars. Documented, with name and title
index. - Redlich, Hans F. Alban Berg: Versuch einer Würdigung. Vienna: Universal,
- 393p. ML410 .B47 R37.
A much-abbreviated English translation: Alban Berg: The Man and His Music
(London: Calder, 1957; 316p.). Redlich, in a pioneering study, uncovered new
source material and offered a revision of Berg’s Wozzecklecture that differed
from that of Reich. His analyses moved toward the sophistication of the next
wave of scholars; had he not died before his revised edition could be com-
pleted, he might have had an important part in that wave. - Adorno, Theodor W. Alban Berg, Master of the Smallest Link.Trans. Juliane
Brand and Christopher Hailey. New York: Cambridge U.P., 1991. xviii, 156p.
ISBN 0-521-33016-5. ML410 .B47 A6313.
Originally Alban Berg: Der Meister des kleinsten Übergangs (Vienna: Lafite,
1968). A gathering of earlier writings by Adorno, with a few new sections. The
analyses “mix technical observations on motivic matters with impressions and
interpretations distinctive of Adorno” (Simms [#526], 180), who was Berg’s
student and friend from 1924. The composer’s thoughts about his contempo-
raries are of interest. Indexed. - Jarman, Douglas. The Music of Alban Berg.Berkeley and Los Angeles: U. of
California Press, 1979. xii, 266p. ISBN 0-5200-348-56. ML410 .B47 J37.
After brief attention to biography and documents, this outstanding study cov-
ers the music thoroughly. Discusses pitch organization, rhythm, and macro-
structure as well as smaller structures (in this respect taking a broader view
than Perle [#536]). Jarman acknowledges and builds on all earlier studies.
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