Visual and Performing Arts
Music Criticism and Music Critics
Document Type
Book Chapter
Abstract
Schoenberg’s music has always attracted the avid attention of critics. Some ridiculed his music, especially at first, while others came to respond favourably to its modernist demands. This chapter explores trends in the critical reception of Schoenberg as they have varied across time and place, from his initial entry into the Viennese music world in the early 1900s, through the increasingly harsh, often antisemitic rejections he endured in the 1920s and 1930s, to his re-evaluation in the post-war years, particularly in the United States. In addition, it highlights the composer’s reactions to some of the harsher criticism he received. ©Cambridge University Press & Assessment 2025.
Publication Title
Schoenberg in Context
Publication Date
2025
First Page
276
Last Page
283
ISBN
9781009075114
DOI
10.1017/9781009075114.029
Keywords
Arnold Schoenberg, modernism, composers
Repository Citation
Korstvedt, Ben, "Music Criticism and Music Critics" (2025). Visual and Performing Arts. 49.
https://commons.clarku.edu/faculty_visual_performing_arts/49
