String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2 (Dover Chamber Music Scores)
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| Rating | : | 4.84 (729 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0486296938 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 144 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951), renowned Austrian and American composer, musical theorist, painter, and teacher of composition, pioneered compositional and critical approaches to atonality that were landmarks in twentieth century musical thought.
10. Even more striking in its design is the unexpected addition of a soprano in the second quartet's third and fourth movements — settings of two poems by Stefan George ("Litanei" and "Entrücking").All students of twentieth-century music will want to add this attractive, authoritative edition to their library of music scores.. His compositional style moved progressively from lush, late Wagnerian chromaticism to a complete break with traditional tonality, later organized theoretically as "composition with twelve hours." This systematic control of all pitches evolved into a similar serialization of all of music's elements — a revolutionary advance that dominated international compositions through most of this century.This new volume presents two major early chamber works in an attractive study-score edition. 2, Op. One of the most influential and important composers of the twentieth cen
About the Author Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951), renowned Austrian and American composer, musical theorist, painter, and teacher of composition, pioneered compositional and critical approaches to atonality that were landmarks in twentieth century musical thought.