empl ative ▁progress , ▁and ▁those ▁toward ▁passion ▁and ▁trag ic ▁dest iny , ▁within ▁character ▁or ▁cre ativity ▁in ▁the ▁context ▁of ▁German ▁society . ▁Mann ▁wrote , ▁" Ze it bl om ▁is ▁a ▁par ody ▁of ▁myself . ▁Ad rian ' s ▁m ood ▁is ▁closer ▁to ▁my ▁own ▁than ▁one ▁might ▁– ▁and ▁ought ▁to ▁– ▁think ." ▁ ▁Gu id ance ▁The odor ▁Ad orno ▁acted ▁as ▁Mann ' s ▁advis er ▁and ▁encourag ed ▁him ▁to ▁rewrite ▁large ▁sections ▁of ▁the ▁book . ▁Mann ▁also ▁read ▁chap ters ▁to ▁groups ▁of ▁invited ▁friends ▁( a ▁method ▁also ▁used ▁by ▁K afka ) ▁to ▁test ▁the ▁effect ▁of ▁the ▁text . ▁ ▁In ▁prepar ation ▁for ▁the ▁work , ▁Mann ▁studied ▁music ology ▁and ▁bi ograph ies ▁of ▁major ▁compos ers ▁including ▁Moz art , ▁Be eth oven , ▁H ector ▁Ber li oz , ▁Hugo ▁Wolf , ▁Franz ▁Sch re ker ▁and ▁Alban ▁Berg . ▁He ▁communic ated ▁with ▁living ▁compos ers , ▁including ▁Ig or ▁Stra vin sky , ▁Arnold ▁Sch o enberg ▁and ▁Hann s ▁E is ler . ▁ ▁In ▁Chapter ▁XX II ▁Le verk ü hn ▁develop s ▁the ▁twelve - t one ▁technique ▁or ▁row ▁system , ▁which ▁was ▁actually ▁invent ed ▁by ▁Arnold ▁Sch o enberg . ▁Sch o enberg ▁lived ▁near ▁Mann ▁in ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁as ▁the ▁novel ▁was ▁being ▁written . ▁He ▁was ▁very ▁anno yed ▁by ▁this ▁appropri ation ▁without ▁his ▁consent , ▁and ▁later ▁ed itions ▁of