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Which do you prefer?

The tonal Schoenberg: 0 (0%)
The "free-atonality" Schoenberg: 3 (50%)
The 12-tone Schoenberg: 3 (50%)

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djealnla

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Schoenberg

on: March 28, 2011, 08:25:40 AM

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oxy60

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Re: Schoenberg

Reply #1 on: March 28, 2011, 03:36:42 PM

When I was in college we had assignments in composition class to write something in the style of various composers. One assignment was to write a short 12 tone piece.

Doing that brought home to me what a genius Schoenberg was.

A few years ago I met his grandson and had a chance to express my admiration. Strangely, that guy had very little knowledge about what his grandfather wrote.

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djealnla

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Re: Schoenberg

Reply #2 on: April 02, 2011, 05:44:19 AM

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Re: Schoenberg

Reply #3 on: April 02, 2011, 03:41:22 PM

I know very little about Schoenberg's family other than meeting his grandson, with the same name. It could be he is the guy you think he might be. Were there any other children of Schoenberg Sr?

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djealnla

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Re: Schoenberg

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Re: Schoenberg

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Reply #6 on: April 19, 2011, 07:34:09 PM

I've always felt that the most satisfactory 12-tone pieces are by composers other than Schoenberg - Berg and Humphrey Searle come to mind. Given the magnificent excess that is Gurrelieder, I'm afraid I consider Schoenberg as one of the great 'might-have-beens' of the 20th century. I appreciate this view is not universally held!

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