Arnold Schoenberg
Notable works by Arnold Schoenberg.
A Survivor from Warsaw
A Survivor from Warsaw, Op. 46, is a work for narrator, chorus and orchestra by the Los Angeles–based Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg, written in tribute to Holocaust victims. The main narration
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The (Drohende Gefahr, Angst, Katastrophe), Op. 34 (literally "Accompaniment Music for a Light Play Scene (Threatening Danger, Fear, Catastrophe)")—also known in English as Accompaniment to a Film
Read → WorkChamber Symphony No. 1 (Schoenberg)
The Chamber Symphony No. 1 in E major, Op. 9 (also known by its title in German Kammersymphonie, für 15 soloinstrumente, or simply as Kammersymphonie) is a composition by Austrian composer Arnold
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Chamber Symphony No. 2, Op. 38, by Arnold Schoenberg was begun in 1906 and completed in 1939. The work's belated completion was prompted by the conductor Fritz Stiedry, who asked Schoenberg for an
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(The Lucky Hand, 1909–1913), Op. 18, is a four-scene opera or "Drama with Music in One Act" by Arnold Schoenberg to his own libretto. Like Erwartung (Expectation, 1909), it drew on Otto Weininger's
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Die Jakobsleiter (Jacob's Ladder) is an oratorio by Arnold Schoenberg that marks his transition from a contextual or free atonality toward the twelve-tone technique anticipated in the oratorio's use
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Drei Klavierstücke ("Three Piano Pieces"), Op. 11, is a set of pieces for solo piano written by the Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg in 1909. They represent an early example of atonality in the
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(Expectation), Op. 17, is a one-act monodrama in four scenes by Arnold Schönberg to a libretto by . Composed in 1909, it was not premiered until 6 June 1924 in Prague conducted by Alexander Zemlinsky
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The Five Pieces for Orchestra (Fünf Orchesterstücke), Op. 16, were composed by Arnold Schoenberg in 1909, and first performed in London in 1912. The titles of the pieces, reluctantly added by the
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Five Pieces for Piano, (German: ), Op. 23, is a set of five pieces for solo piano by Arnold Schoenberg, which he partly composed in 1920 and completed in 1923. The five pieces are: A typical
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Four Orchestral Songs, Op. 22 ( or ), is a composition by Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg, scored for soprano and large
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(Songs of Gurre) is a tripartite oratorio followed by a melodramatic epilogue for five vocal soloists, narrator, three choruses, and grand orchestra. The work, which is based on an early song cycle
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Herzgewächse (Heart's Foliage, or Foliage of the Heart), Op. 20, is a brief (German art song) that Austrian (and later American) composer Arnold Schoenberg finished in late 1911 in Berlin, during his
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Moses und Aron (English: Moses and Aaron) is a three-act opera by Arnold Schoenberg with the music to the third act unfinished. The German libretto is by the composer. It is based on selected
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Pelleas und Melisande, Op. 5, is a symphonic poem written by Arnold Schoenberg and completed in February 1903. It was premiered on 25 January 1905 at the Musikverein in Vienna under the composer's
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Arnold Schoenberg's Piano Concerto, Op. 42 (1942) is one of his later works, written during his exile in the United States. It consists of four interconnected movements: Andante (bars 1–175), Molto
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Dreimal sieben Gedichte aus Albert Girauds "Pierrot lunaire" ("Three times Seven Poems from Albert Giraud's 'Pierrot lunaire), commonly known simply as Pierrot lunaire, Op. 21 ("Moonstruck Pierrot"
Read → WorkPillar of Fire (ballet)
Pillar of Fire is a 30-minute dramatic ballet choreographed in the 1940s by Antony Tudor to Arnold Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night), Op. 4. The music was inspired by a nineteenth
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, Op. 19 (Six Little Piano Pieces) is a set of pieces for solo piano written by the Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg, published in 1913 at Universal Edition in
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The Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg published four string quartets, distributed over his lifetime: String Quartet No. 1 in D minor, Opus 7 (1905), String Quartet No. 2 in F minor, Op. 10 (1908),
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Arnold Schoenberg's Suite for Piano (German: ), Op. 25, is a 12-tone piece for piano composed between 1921 and 1923. The work is the earliest in which Schoenberg employs a row of "12 tones related
Read → WorkThe Book of the Hanging Gardens
The Book of the Hanging Gardens (German: ), Op. 15, is a fifteen-part song cycle composed by Arnold Schoenberg between 1908 and 1909, setting poems of Stefan George. George's poems, also under the
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Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31 (1926–28) is an orchestral set of variations on a theme, composed by Arnold Schoenberg and is his first twelve-tone composition for a large ensemble. Premiered in
Read → WorkVerklärte Nacht
Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night), Op. 4, is a string sextet in one movement composed by Arnold Schoenberg in 1899. Composed in just three weeks, it is considered his earliest important work. It
Read → WorkVier Lieder (Schoenberg)
Vier Lieder, Op. 2, is a song cycle composed by Arnold Schoenberg in 1899 and 1900, during his early development. In contrast to his earlier songs, influenced by Richard Wagner and Johannes Brahms
Read → WorkViolin Concerto (Schoenberg)
The Violin Concerto, Op. 36, by Arnold Schoenberg dates from Schoenberg's time in the United States, where he had moved in 1933 to escape Nazi Germany. The piece was written in 1936, the same year as
Read → WorkVon heute auf morgen
(From Today to Tomorrow or From One Day to the Next) is a one-act opera composed by Arnold Schoenberg, to a German libretto by "Max Blonda", the pseudonym of Gertrud Schoenberg, the composer's wife.
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The Wind Quintet, Op. 26, is a chamber music composition by Arnold Schoenberg, composed in 1923–24. It is one of the earliest of Schoenberg's compositions to use twelve-tone
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(Two Songs), Op. 1, are two for baritone and piano composed by Arnold Schoenberg in Vienna, each setting to music a poem by Karl Michael von Levetzow. The songs approached the customary limits of the
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Zwei Klavierstücke, Op. 33, also known as Zwei Stücke, or in English as Two Piano Pieces and Two Pieces, is a composition for piano by Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg. They were composed between
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