Twenty-four papers from the July 1988 symposium review current research and thought on glaucoma and discuss the scale of the problem, ocular physiology, early detection and perimetry, and management of open angle glaucoma, of secondary cases, and of complicated glaucoma. Among the topics: the epide

Product Description: Arnold Schoenberg’s Second String Quartet revolutionized western art music. For nearly a century, it has inspired composers, scholars, critics, performers, and visual artists.  Severine Neff re-creates for her readers the quartet's historical, cultural, and musical background–its introduction of the human voice, its genesis during a personal crisis in the composer's life, the scandal at its premiere, and its endlessly controversial reception, both critical and analytic...read more

Product Description: This treatise relates Schoenberg's concept of the musical idea. It defines his thought on gestalt, motive, grundgestalt, phrase, rhythm and accent, the construction function of harmony, homophonic and contrapuntal forms, and compositional coherence.

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