Schoenberg
Atonal music founder
Schoenberg refers to Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951), the Austrian-American composer who revolutionized Western music by abandoning traditional tonality.
He developed the twelve-tone technique, a method of composition using all twelve notes of the chromatic scale in a fixed sequence.
His name often stands for atonal or serialist music generally: very Schoenberg, It sounds like Schoenberg.
Absence of key signature
- twelve-toneSerialism using all pitches
- expressionismDistorting reality for emotion
- tone rowOrdered twelve-pitch set
- string quartetFour-piece chamber group
opus · orchestration · dissonance · counterpoint · modernism · atonal · chromatic
Austrian capital
- BerlinGermany's largest city
- Los AngelesSouthern California metropolis
- HollywoodAmerican film industry center
- exileBanishment from homeland
Jewish identity · emigration · refugee · California · Brentwood · assimilation · displacement · homesickness
Formal scholarly composition
- pedagogyArt of instruction
- harmonyAgreement or musical blend
- counterpointSimultaneous independent melodies
- formShape or document
analysis · set theory · music theory · teaching · UCLA · conservatory · students · method
One who conveys through art
- self-portraitArtist's image of themselves
- canvasHeavy woven cloth
- KandinskyBauhaus painting instructor
- visual artCreations meant for viewing
oils · gazes · portraiture · exhibition · artistic · synesthesia · color · brushwork
atonality
Absence of key signature
- twelve-toneSerialism using all pitches
- expressionismDistorting reality for emotion
- tone rowOrdered twelve-pitch set
string quartet · opus · orchestration · dissonance · counterpoint · modernism · atonal · chromatic
Vienna
Austrian capital
- BerlinGermany's largest city
- Los AngelesSouthern California metropolis
- HollywoodAmerican film industry center
exile · Jewish identity · emigration · refugee · California · Brentwood · assimilation · displacement · homesickness · German language
treatise
Formal scholarly composition
- pedagogyArt of instruction
- harmonyAgreement or musical blend
- counterpointSimultaneous independent melodies
form · analysis · set theory · music theory · teaching · UCLA · conservatory · students · method · principles
expressionist
One who conveys through art
- self-portraitArtist's image of themselves
- canvasHeavy woven cloth
- KandinskyBauhaus painting instructor
visual art · oils · gazes · portraiture · exhibition · artistic · synesthesia · color · brushwork · figurative
SchoenbergRachmaninoff
traditionalism · Brahms · Mendelssohn · conservatism · accessibility
SchoenbergTchaikovsky
Beethoven · Dvořák · Grieg · John Williams · accessible music