''Style and Idea: Selected Writings of Arnold Schoenberg'' (in German: ''Stil und Gedanke'') is the name for a published collection of essays, articles and sketches by

Arnold Schoenberg Arnold Schoenberg or Schönberg (, ; ; 13 September 187413 July 1951) was an Austrian-American composer, music theorist, teacher, writer, and painter. He is widely considered one of the most influential composers of the 20th century. He was as ...

, that has appeared in various forms. The earliest may date to c. 1950 (just before his death), edited and translated by

Dika Newlin Dika Newlin (November 22, 1923 – July 22, 2006) was a composer, pianist, professor, musicologist, and punk rock singer. She received a Ph.D. from Columbia University at the age of 22. She was one of the last living students of Arnold Schoenberg ...

, and contains fifteen essays, published by Philosophical Library, New York: #The relationship to the text (1912) # Gustav Mahler (1912, 1948) #New music, outmoded music, style and idea (1946) #

Brahms Johannes Brahms (; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, pianist, and conductor of the mid- Romantic period. Born in Hamburg into a Lutheran family, he spent much of his professional life in Vienna. He is sometimes grouped wit ...

the progressive (1933 radio talk, revised 1947 as an essay) #

Composition Composition or Compositions may refer to: Arts and literature * Composition (dance), practice and teaching of choreography *Composition (language), in literature and rhetoric, producing a work in spoken tradition and written discourse, to include ...

with twelve tones (1941 and c. 1948) #A dangerous game (1944?) #Eartraining through composing (1939) #Heart and brain in music (1946) #Criteria for the evaluation of music (1946) #Folkloristic symphonies (1947) #Human rights (1947) #''On revient toujours'' (1948) #The blessing of the dressing (1948) #This is my fault (1949) #To the wharfs. (Dates from the table of contents, sources and notes to the 1975 edition.) A Spanish translation was published by Taurus of Madrid in 1951. The 1975 edition first published (according to an inner page) by

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, published in the United States by Belmont Music Publishers and by

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the same year 1975, was twice as long (559 pp. as against 224 for the first version), contained 94 selections of varying lengths in 10 themed sections (including most of the above, dividing "Composition with twelve tones" into two parts) in translations by Leo Black, edited by

Leonard Stein Leonard David Stein (December 1, 1916 – June 24, 2004) was a musicologist, pianist, conductor, university teacher, and influential in promoting contemporary music on the American West Coast. He was for years Arnold Schoenberg's assistant, mus ...

(though Dika Newlin is still credited for the translations of the twelve items above) - "A Dangerous Game" and "To the Wharfs" were dropped between versions. The sections of the new version are: #Editor's preface #Translator's preface #Personal Evaluation and Retrospect (14 items, c. 1923–1949) #Modern Music (10 items, 1912–1949) #Folk-Music and Nationalism (6 items, c. 1926–1947) #Critics and Criticism (7 items, 1909–1923) #Twelve-Tone Composition (6 items, 1923–c. 1948) #Theory and Composition (13 items, 1922–c. 1948) #Performance and Notation (18 items, 1923–1948) #Teaching (8 items, 1911–1950) #Composers (15 items, 1911–1951) #Social and Political Matters (1912–1950) #Sources and Notes #Appendices #Index The Philosophical Library reprinted the 14-item 1950 edition in 2010.

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