String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2

by Arnold Schoenberg

One of the most influential and important composers of the twentieth century, Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) brought remarkable new elements to modern music. His compositional style moved progressively from lush, late Wagnerian chromaticism to a complete break with traditional tonality, later organized theoretically as "composition with twelve hours." This systematic control of all pitches evolved into a similar serialization of all of music's elements...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486296938
• ISBN13: 9780486296937
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.3" x 10.9"