Table of Contents

Acknowledgements; 1. The social construction of nature; 2. A maternal landscape: the early works (1899–1905); 3. Paradise lost: the Dehmel Lieder to Op. 11 (1906–14); 4. The transformation of memory: the vocal works Op. 12-Op. 19 (1914–26); 5. Ideal landscapes: the serial works Op. 20-Op. 31 (1926–43); 6. Webern, nature and modernism; Appendices; Notes; Select bibliography; Index.

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This book considers the idea of nature in the music of Webern.

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'… Julian Johnson's engrossing new study … encourages a re-examination of the inner qualities of the music itself.' David Allenby, Musical Times