Per Musi (Jan 2009)

Aspectos da construção temática de Arnold Schoenberg a partir de seus escritos teóricos sobre forma Issues of Arnold Schoenberg´s thematic construction related to his theoretical writings about form

  • Carlos de Lemos Almada

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S1517-75992009000200005
Journal volume & issue
no. 20
pp. 34 – 43

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Este artigo trata da construção temática do compositor Arnold Schoenberg, sob o ponto de vista de seus escritos teóricos sobre o assunto. Tal tipo de abordagem faz revelar, em plena atividade e em cores vivas, os traços que talvez mais caracterizem o pensamento composicional schoenberguiano, ou seja, as oposições tradição / inovação e teoria / prática. Na metodologia são utilizados exemplos extraídos de diversas fases criativas de Schoenberg (tonal, entre 1893 e 1908, e serial, 1923-51), num arco temporal do início e final de sua carreira, os quais são analisados a partir das definições que constam em obras didáticas sobre forma escritas pelo compositor, que se tornam assim o principal referencial teórico deste estudo. Pretende-se demonstrar que os tópicos teóricos elaborados por Schoenberg em seus escritos e derivados de minuciosas análises de obras dos grandes mestres (especialmente do período Clássico) servem de base consistente para sua própria prática composicional.This paper deals with the thematic construction employed by composer Arnold Schoenberg, under the perspective of his own theoretical writings concerning this matter. This approach can vividly show some of the most characteristic issues of Schoenbergian compositional thinking, i.e., the oppositions of tradition / innovation and theory / practice. The methodology used in the present article consists of the analysis of examples extracted from several of the Schoenberg’s creative phases (tonal, between 1893 and 1908 and serial, 1923-51), covering the extremes of his career. These pieces were analyzed under the perspective of the concepts stated in the didactic work about form written by the composer. These writings are, therefore, the main theoretical references of the present study, which aims at showing that the formal theory elaborated by Schoenberg in his texts, derived from detailed analysis of the works produced by the great masters (especially those of the Classic era) served as a solid basis for his own compositional practice.

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