Arnold Schoenberg
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| '''Arnold Schoenberg''' (the anglicized form of '''Schönberg''' — Schoenberg changed the spelling officially when he left Germany and re-converted to [[Judaism]] in 1933), ([[September 13]], [[1874]] – [[July 13]], [[1951]]) was an [[Austria]]n and later [[United States|American]] [[composer]]. Many of Schoenberg's works are associated with the [[expressionism|expressionist]] movements in early 20th-century German poetry and art, and he was among the first composers to embrace [[atonality|atonal]] [[Motif (music)|motivic]] development. | '''Arnold Schoenberg''' (the anglicized form of '''Schönberg''' — Schoenberg changed the spelling officially when he left Germany and re-converted to [[Judaism]] in 1933), ([[September 13]], [[1874]] – [[July 13]], [[1951]]) was an [[Austria]]n and later [[United States|American]] [[composer]]. Many of Schoenberg's works are associated with the [[expressionism|expressionist]] movements in early 20th-century German poetry and art, and he was among the first composers to embrace [[atonality|atonal]] [[Motif (music)|motivic]] development. | ||
| - | Schoenberg is best known as the innovator of the [[twelve-tone technique]], a compositional technique involving [[tone row]]s. He was also a painter, an important [[music theorist]], and an influential teacher of composition.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [May 2007] | + | Schoenberg is best known as the innovator of the [[twelve-tone technique]], a compositional technique involving [[tone row]]s. He was also a painter, an important [[music theorist]], and an influential teacher of composition.{{GFDL}} |
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Arnold Schoenberg (the anglicized form of Schönberg — Schoenberg changed the spelling officially when he left Germany and re-converted to Judaism in 1933), (September 13, 1874 – July 13, 1951) was an Austrian and later American composer. Many of Schoenberg's works are associated with the expressionist movements in early 20th-century German poetry and art, and he was among the first composers to embrace atonal motivic development.
Schoenberg is best known as the innovator of the twelve-tone technique, a compositional technique involving tone rows. He was also a painter, an important music theorist, and an influential teacher of composition.
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