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The Book of the Hanging Gardens

The Book of the Hanging Gardens (German: Das Buch der hängenden Gärten), Op. 15, is a fifteen-part song cycle composed by Arnold Schoenberg between 1908 and 1909, setting poems of Stefan George. George's poems, also under the same title, track the failed love affair of two adolescent youths in a garden, ending with the woman's departure and the…

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TonalityHarmonicDissonanceMelodicExpressionist
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Critical reception

James HunekerSecond Viennese SchoolAnton WebernAlban Berg
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Critical analysis

Alan LessemRichard Evans (critic)CellAnne Marie de Zeeuw
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The garden as a metaphor

Carl SchorskeMetaphorBaroque geometric gardensRenaissance
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Genre
Song cycle
Location
Vienna
Composed
1908–1909
Date
14 January 1910 (1910-01-14)
Duration
about 30 minutes
Language
German

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The Book of the Hanging Gardens

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related to Critical reception · 18
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related to Biographical and cultural context · 14
The Book of the Hanging Gardens → Atonal, George, Gerstl, Hanging Gardens, In, Mathilde, Richard Gerstl, Schoenberg, Schoenberg's, She, The, The Book, This, Whether
related to External links · 14
The Book of the Hanging Gardens → Berlin, Complete, Die Bücher, Gärten, Hanging Gardens, Hirten, International Music Score Library, Preisgedichte, ProjectDas Buch, Sagen, Scores, Stefan George, Sänge, The Book
related to Critical analysis · 12
The Book of the Hanging Gardens → Alan Lessem, Arnold Schoenberg, Book, Hanging Gardens, However, Lessem, Moods, Music, Richard Evans, Text, The, Works
related to The garden as a metaphor · 11
The Book of the Hanging Gardens → As, Baroque, Book, Carl Schorske's, George's, Hanging Gardens, Renaissance, Schoenberg, So, The, Viennese
Composed · 1
The Book of the Hanging Gardens → 1908–1909
Date · 1
The Book of the Hanging Gardens → 14 January 1910 (1910-01-14)
Duration · 1
The Book of the Hanging Gardens → about 30 minutes
Genre · 1
The Book of the Hanging Gardens → Song cycle
Language · 1
The Book of the Hanging Gardens → German

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hanging gardens schoenberg book music 15 george isbn stefan schoenberg's poems atonality der arnold song cycle new lessem garden york

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The Book of the Hanging GardensComposed1908–19091.00infobox
The Book of the Hanging GardensDate14 January 1910 (1910-01-14)1.00infobox
The Book of the Hanging GardensDurationabout 30 minutes1.00infobox
The Book of the Hanging GardensGenreSong cycle1.00infobox
The Book of the Hanging GardensLanguageGerman1.00infobox
The Book of the Hanging GardensLocationVienna1.00infobox
The Book of the Hanging GardensMovements15 songs1.00infobox
The Book of the Hanging GardensNative nameDas Buch der hängenden Gärten1.00infobox
The Book of the Hanging GardensOpus151.00infobox
The Book of the Hanging GardensPerformersMartha Winternitz-Dorda (soprano) Etta Werndorf (piano)1.00infobox
The Book of the Hanging GardensScoringSoprano and piano1.00infobox
The Book of the Hanging GardensStyleFree atonality1.00infobox
The Book of the Hanging GardensTextThe Book of the Hanging Gardens by Stefan George1.00infobox

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