Arnold Schoenberg

Die Jakobsleiter

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

External links#

*Time.com: Schoenberg Revisited

Viewing#

*YouTube.com: World premiere of Arnold Schoenberg’s (1874-1951) oratorio “Die Jakobsleiter” in Vienna, 1961 part I, and part II: discussion

Composer: Arnold Schoenberg