Books by Michael (University of Minnesota) Cherlin

Tracing the development of irony in language and expression, the book contemplates irony's relationship with music and examines its use in the works of major Classical and Romantic composers. This interdisciplinary volume will appeal to those interested in the parallels between literature and music.

Schoenberg's Musical Imagination is intended to connect Schoenberg's music and critical writings to a larger world of ideas. While most technical studies of Schoenberg's music are limited to a single compositional period, this book traces changes in his attitudes as a composer and their impact on his ever-changing compositional style over the course of his remarkable career.