George Perle is a distinguished composer and Professor Emeritus of Music at the City University of New York. His books include Serial Composition and Atonality: An Introduction to the Music of Schoenberg, Berg, and Webern (Sixth Edition, California, 1991); The Operas of Alban Berg, Volume 1, Wozzeck (California, 1980) and Volume 2, Lulu (California, 1985); and The Listening Composer (California, 1990). He has been a recipient of the Pulitzer Prize and a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship.

• List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Preface ONE. From the Early Songs to Wozzeck TWO. Woyzeck and Wozzeck THREE. The Text and Formal Design FOUR. Representation and Symbol in the Music of Wozzeck FIVE. The Musical Language of Wozzeck SIX. "Eins nach dem Andern" Appendix I: "The Preparation and Staging of Wozzeck" Appendix II: The Landau Edition Bibliography Index 227

George Perle is a distinguished composer and Professor Emeritus of Music at the City University of New York. His books include Serial Composition and Atonality: An Introduction to the Music of Schoenberg, Berg, and Webern (Sixth Edition, California, 1991); The Operas of Alban Berg, Volume 1, Wozzeck (California, 1980) and Volume 2, Lulu (California, 1985); and The Listening Composer (California, 1990). He has been a recipient of the Pulitzer Prize and a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship.

• List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Preface ONE. From the Early Songs to Wozzeck TWO. Woyzeck and Wozzeck THREE. The Text and Formal Design FOUR. Representation and Symbol in the Music of Wozzeck FIVE. The Musical Language of Wozzeck SIX. "Eins nach dem Andern" Appendix I: "The Preparation and Staging of Wozzeck" Appendix II: The Landau Edition Bibliography Index 227

George Perle is a distinguished composer and Professor Emeritus of Music at the City University of New York. His books include Serial Composition and Atonality: An Introduction to the Music of Schoenberg, Berg, and Webern (Sixth Edition, California, 1991); The Operas of Alban Berg, Volume 1, Wozzeck (California, 1980) and Volume 2, Lulu (California, 1985); and The Listening Composer (California, 1990). He has been a recipient of the Pulitzer Prize and a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship.

• List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Preface ONE. From the Early Songs to Wozzeck TWO. Woyzeck and Wozzeck THREE. The Text and Formal Design FOUR. Representation and Symbol in the Music of Wozzeck FIVE. The Musical Language of Wozzeck SIX. "Eins nach dem Andern" Appendix I: "The Preparation and Staging of Wozzeck" Appendix II: The Landau Edition Bibliography Index 227