A surrogate for the soul: Wittgenstein and Schoenberg

In Enzo De Pellegrin (ed.), Interactive Wittgenstein. Springer. pp. 109--152 (2011)
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Abstract

This article challenges a widespread assumption, arguing that Wittgenstein and the Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg had little in common beyond their shared cultural heritage, overlapping social circles in fin-de-ciecle Vienna. The article explores Wittgenstein's aesthetic inclinations and the intellectual and philosophical influences that may have reinforced them. The article culminates in an attempt to form a Wittgensteinian response to Schoenberg's dodecaphonic language and to answer the question as to why Wittgenstein and Schoenberg arrived at very different ideas about contemporary music and the music of the future.

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Eran Guter
Max Stern Yezreel Valley College

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