Five Orchestral Pieces and Pelleas Und Melisande in Full Score

by Arnold Schoenberg

Perhaps more than any other composer of his time, Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) influenced the course of twentieth-century 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 tones. This systematic control of all pitches evolved into a similar serialization of all of music's elements -- a revolutionary advance...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486281205
• ISBN13: 9780486281209
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.4" x 12.2"