{"product_id":"tyranny-of-style-music-and-the-world","title":"Tyranny of Style: Music and the World","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Arnold Schoenberg\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"If it is art, it is not for all, and if it is for all, it is not art.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this sharp, uncompromising address, he defends the composer’s duty to the text: not to entertain, not to soothe, but to translate meaning with precision and depth. Music, he argues, must obey something higher than taste—something as exacting, and as rare, as truth itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArnold Schoenberg (1874–1951) was an Austrian composer, theorist, and painter who reshaped modern music from the ground up. As the inventor of the twelve-tone technique, he broke with tradition not for shock, but for necessity—seeking structure where tonality could no longer serve.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003e20 pages\u003cbr\u003eEris Gems, 2025\u003cbr\u003e7.64 x 4.33 inches\u003cbr\u003eISBN 9781967751136\u003cbr\u003eMusic, Aesthetics\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53874435326120,"sku":"9781967751136","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0175\/8594\/files\/Arnold-Schoenberg_Tyranny-of-Style-Music-and-the-World.jpg?v=1758470901","url":"https:\/\/neue-galerie-design-shop.myshopify.com\/products\/tyranny-of-style-music-and-the-world","provider":"Neue Galerie Design Shop \u0026 Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}