Arnold Schoenberg
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Music
- Subcategories: Entertainment, Entertainers, Composers, Songwriters, Judaism, Jews, Synagogues, Temples
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, 20th & 21st Century European History, 19th Century European History, Eastern European History
Article abstract: Schoenberg was the leading composer of the second Viennese school, a manifestation of the expressionist movement in music. By breaking from the tradition of tonality, a process he later codified in his twelve-tone method, Schoenberg introduced compositional techniques and aesthetic principles that became pervasive throughout the first half of the twentieth century.
Early Life
Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (originally Schönberg) was born in Vienna on September 13, 1874. His parents were Jewish and reared their three children in this...
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