14 Ocak 2011 Cuma

Arnold Schoenberg ( 1874 - 1951 )

      Schoenberg’s music may be divided into four periods, the second and third of which were opens by crises in compositional technique that had important consequences not only for the composer’s own work but for music in general. The music of the first period is tonal, or at least employs a tonality as a central point of reference.In that period Schoenberg's main source was the Late-Romantic composers beginning with Brahms,Wagner and Mahler. In that period mainly the String Quartet in D minor and Verklarte Nacht are basis of his creativity. In 1908 Schoenberg abandoned tonality. The music of the ensuing second period is often called ‘atonal’. Schoenberg considered this term nonsensical, preferring ‘pantonal’. Since either term properly embraces his serial music as well, the period will be referred to here as ‘expressionist’. From his work of this time he gradually evolved the principle of serialism, which he first used consistently in 1920; the serial music written between that date and 1936 constitutes the third period. The fourth, less known period  may be said to emerge during the 1930s. It is marked by greater stylistic diversity, including returning to tonal composition.

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