Schoenberg, Arnold (1874-1951)

Arnold Schoenberg. Picture by Florence Homolka in Schoenberg Archives at USC (1948).

Alternative last name spellings: Schönberg.
Alternative first name spellings: Arnold Franz Walter.
Alias: –

 

“An artistic impression is substantially the resultant of two components. One what the work of art gives the onlooker — the other, what he is capable of giving to the work of art.”

 

GENERAL INFO

Description: Arnold Schönberg was an Austrian composer, music theorist and painter who emigrated to the United States in 1933. He is one of the first composers to study atonal composition, creating the technique of dodecaphonism, based on twelve-note series, opening the door to further development of the serialism of the second half of the s. XX. In addition, he was the leader of the so-called Second School of Vienna. He was the Coalition Chess’ inventor.
Sex: Male. Occupation: Composer, Music theorist, Painter.
Place of Birth / Death: Vienna, Austria, Austro-Hungarian Empire / Los Angeles, United States. Country Tags: Austria, United States.
Periods: 19th Century – 20th Century. Genres: Orquestral music, Chamber music, Vocal music, Instrumental music, Opera, Atonalism, Serialism, Dodecaphonism.
Styles: Romantic, Avant-garde, Contemporary, Dodecaphonism. School / Group: The Second Viennese School
Instruments: Violin. Relatives: –
Patrons: – Master: Alexander von Zemlinsky.

 

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Bibliography

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